After the incredible and still puzzling treatment by the Egyptian authorities in Abu Simbel we received the following short email from Abu Simbel,
We've finally arrived in Sudan!!
We left Aswan on January 29th at roughly 3pm and went by Abu Simbel at around 5pm yesterday (the 30th). Last night at ...
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Posted February 02, 2005 in Tour d'Afrique Blog
The Tour arrived right on schedule in the southernmost town of Abu Simbel on Wednesday. Yesterday the bikers had a day off to enjoy the Ramsey's fabulous temple and today they were to depart for Sudan on a chartered boat.
Unfortunately due to reasons unknown to us the Egyptian Security channels did...
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Posted January 28, 2005 in Tour d'Afrique Blog
Hello everyone,
Here I am in Luxor enjoying my first rest day but of course there is no time to rest. I have lots of things to get sorted before the next leg of our journey, but I did manage to get to the temple of Karnak, which is one of the only sights missed last year. The riding conditions ove...
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Posted January 21, 2005 in Tour d'Afrique Blog
The Third annual Tour d'Afrique is only five days old but this group like the two previous have already found out what makes this tour so unique.
It all began on the first day. After the obligatory roaming and picture taking in front of the Sphinx we were off.
For the first 20km the group was to b...
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Posted January 20, 2005 in Tour d'Afrique Blog
Cruel & unusual
Our first day of riding took us 100 kilometres directly south from Cairo. Day two was supposed to be a 140-kilometre ride, but due to some 'navigational rearrangements' we unded up riding over 200 kilometres. Our Tour Director had directed us to last year's campsite, but due to the ...
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Posted January 18, 2005 in Tour d'Afrique Blog
Cairo, Egypt - The third annual Tour d'Afrique Bicycle Race from Cairo to Cape Town is about to begin on Saturday, January 15, 2005. This year there are over thirty-two participants who will be riding the entire distance of over 11,500 kilometers and traversing the countries of Egypt, Sudan, Ethiopi...
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Posted January 14, 2005 in Tour d'Afrique Blog
It all started in the early morning of January 17th in front of the enigmatic sphinx in Cairo, Egypt and ended on a misty afternoon at 1:35 PM Mouille Point in downtown Cape Town, South Africa with the mighty Table Mountain barely visible.
The winner of the 99 stages, 11,268 km long race is Rob Van...
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Posted May 19, 2004 in Tour d'Afrique Blog
I apologize for any misspeled towns and lack of last names for a few riders. The completion on May 15 of 11,000 kilometers of cycling was something different for all of the 40-plus riders who participated in all or parts of Tour d' Afrique 2004. You've read many tales from the riders along the way. ...
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Posted May 18, 2004 in Tour d'Afrique Blog
At long last, we no longer have to wake up to the dreaded sound of a loud truck horn 20 feet from our tent. For four months when we would arrive in camp at night we'd be so tired that we'd set up the tent as close to the truck as possible so as not to have to carry or drag (when we were really tire...
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Posted May 17, 2004 in Tour d'Afrique Blog
Hi Everyone
Our four month adventure ended yesterday in Cape Town to a VERY, VERY emotional finish - there wasn't a dry eye in the house - I still get teary-eyed thinking about it. As we pedalled through the streets of Cape Town to the finish line none of us could believe that this was it. We had q...
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Posted May 15, 2004 in Tour d'Afrique Blog
