Emission Free Traveling
I have my eyes peeled. Zambezi teak trees line either side of the road, and there is so much more life lurking behind their silhouettes..The Caution: Wild Animals road signs are a constant reminder. On this road, one truly feels as though they are deep in the interior of the African continent. Eagles are soaring [...]
The last leg of the Kenyan tour, from Nairobi to Mombasa, starts in the Central Highlands and ends in a beautiful white-sanded, Indian Ocean beach. So it's all downhill, just with a couple uphills in between. Like the river that empties into the sea, this course has several bends that caress the African landscape in its path. The [...]
Every year as the calendar resets, we analyze where we are, where the last year has taken us and where we might be going in the future. And, like every beginning is another beginnings end, midnight on the 31st marks the end of an era. Especially for three drunken cyclists who cross the equator into [...]
The following is an account of the 313km that we rode in two days through the Sahara Desert to reach the capitol of Sudan, Khartoum. This was our final ride in the Sahara, and it was certainly a ride to remember. El Multaga, Sudan 8:00pm, day zero - We chowed down on our second dinner [...]
In many ways, climbing a hill on a heavy bicycle is a game of cat and mouse. A cycle tourist will chase that feeling up any road he encounters. Whether or not the top is within sight, it is continuous endeavor, focused on the the top of the ridge. Sometimes this game of being in [...]
Cars don't crowd the roads we've been riding across Africa. With one lane of pavement bending through the land's terrain, the sound of an engine is as likely as the hum of bicycle tires passing by. Even though we enter these communities as clear outsiders, the bicycle becomes a connection point. Recognizing the physical exertion [...]
One of the most common questions that I get asked is: "How many flat tires have you had!?!?" To which the obvious answer always follows: "Too many to count!" But the truth is, there is a lot more to repairing a flat tire than simply patching a tube. Perhaps there are better ways to ask [...]
Imagine your dream is to go to America, to have the same opportunities I've been granted and given my whole life. This is Emmanuel's reality. He prays every day that by the grace of God he might get the chance to go to America or Europe. He prays to have less harsh circumstances and to [...]
When we touched down at Cairo International at 12:06AM, we had not slept in over thirty hours. Russian airplane food, a blur of movies, and an absurd amount of excitement got us through our travel from LA to Egypt. We assembled our bikes in a corner of the airport into the wee hours of the [...]
The great joy of simple pleasures while on a cycle tour is starting to take form again. As I sat on the Southern edge of the Sahara desert, I ate a pomegranate and looked back at the kilometers we had just endured. Under the shade of the roadside cabana, I could hear the call to [...]
