Is it safe? Is that a good location for a bicycle tour? Personal safety tops the charts in everyone’s minds

Swooosh, the steepest descent since leaving the Dali Llama’s Himalaya hill top months ago  is beneath my smoking wheels. Literally, my back

While pedaling the serpentine hills of Ethiopia, I find myself pedaling with a man from Germany who I have affectionately

While cycling into the tourist town of Bahrir Dir, touts abound with promises of boat trips to monasteries and transportation

What the….? The infamous Ethiopia is in sight.  The border is a medley of mayhem, merchants, touts, money changers and

The parched hills of the Sudan/Ethiopia border region are a pleasant distraction from my own thirst. Dehydrated river banks lead

“Neehow”, the little boy waves hello from the side of the road, “Neehow” I think to myself is not Arabic,

As the sandy Sahara sunshine beats down on my salty back, the kilometers pass me by. At times, the tail

Camel as defined as a creature of arid inhabitant, they carry their own water in their hump, comes in many

As I pedal along just outside Dongola having pedaled about 170km today, making up for the the sand storm loss