Bike packed
22 mai 2018, Angleterre ⋅ ⛅ 19 °CThe bike is packed - next stop Kigali!
The bike is packed - next stop Kigali!
Arrive in Nairobi en route - brilliant to be back in Kenya. Waiting for Fred and Wycliffe to catch up quickly before on flight. Talking to a Kenyan also waiting - he tells me it's cold, it's not forEn savoir plus
Touched down in Burundi for quick stop. So this is what Burundi looks like!
Arrived! And the bike's here also! Safely at the Scripture Union guest house rooming with Simon.
Bike built and ready to go - except that my tiredness and diet of airplane food probably isn'tEn savoir plus
A day in Kigali, no proper cycling today although we did set the bikes up and have a little ride out - the cobbles certainly have a way of checking all is tightened well - it wasn't, but is now -En savoir plus
First day of cycling and what a day! The roads are amazing and it is so clean. Today between 7am and 11am they have 'umaganda' where communities clean up - it's the last Saturday of the month. NoEn savoir plus
Waking up to the sound of torrential rain was an ominous start, breakfast was later - an easy day - although that would have rapidly changed had the weather not. It did and by the time we set off itEn savoir plus
A big one! 20 miles up hill for first climb, then a bit of downhill and more up hill - another long downhill, but just to keep us tired another 15 mile uphill to finish. 90 miles and 11000 feet (fromEn savoir plus
At the risk of sounding boring today the scenery was stunning. The country contains diverse landscapes and perhaps today was some of the most beautiful. Only 50 miles and 5000 feet climbing the dayEn savoir plus
A day along the lake - sounds good - no big climbs? But this is Rwanda - the land of 1000 hills - of course there are climbs! Apart from the last they didn't go on for a long time - but they wereEn savoir plus