After TDA spent four days in Cape Town as a tourist. Photos and descriptions of some of the local sights are included below. Also decided to include a few “lessons learned” or notes I have that might be useful to … Continue reading
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We have arrived in Cape Town! Four months, sandstorm in Sudan, riots in Zambia, two broken rims, two flat tires, one infected leg, one broken hub, two non-working tent zippers, heat exhaustion in Sudan, many stones in Ethiopia, elections in … Continue reading
We’re in end game mode now. Tonight is last night camping and plans are being made for our arrival into Cape Town tomorrow. However, before arrival we still had a 140km stage ride today. We started from Elands Bay and … Continue reading
A shorter ride but mostly off road today. This brought us to another sleepy resort town of Elands Bay in early afternoon. We started with fog on the road and it wasn’t until 9:30am two hours into the ride that … Continue reading
We have reached the South Atlantic and are camped at the beach! Today was a longer and “mando” day and I was happy to finish it. Last night our camp had many goathead thorns. I carefully walked the bike to … Continue reading
Good roads and more downhill than uphill made for quicker cycling today. It is dry here though I can almost imagine the bushes being slightly taller than before. Our ride board indicated 1000m of climb and 1600m of descent so … Continue reading
Goodbye Namibia, hello South Africa! This morning we had our last border crossing. They get easier and less expensive as you go along. Otherwise it was a day on well paved highways with some climbing and more tailwinds than headwinds. … Continue reading
Felix Unite camp is on the Orange river at border of Namibia and South Africa. There is kayaking. Otherwise this is common stopover point for “overlanders” who take truck tours. I’ve had a quiet rest day here including getting chores … Continue reading
Long ride today that ended at the Orange River. The Orange River forms border between Namibia and South Africa. We still have a rest day in Namibia but on the 6th will cross over to South Africa. Yesterday the headwinds … Continue reading
Smooth gravel roads, reasonable temperatures, shorter distance and not much climbing. Should be an easy day? Unfortunately, we had a cold front coming and bringing strong headwind that made for tougher riding. I left Seeheim roadhouse out the back road. … Continue reading