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Day 187…Vilanculos- Long Days, Sore Arse and a Whale

September 11, 2013by Riaan Van Rooyen 8 Comments

Bom Dia, My route over the last few days. I know this blog took a while to get posted. Its because of 2 reasons. Firstly we did some serious mileage, […]

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East Africa

Day 174…Jinja- I left my heart in Jinja!

August 29, 2013by Riaan Van Rooyen 3 Comments

Jambo, My route over the last few days. I cannot write the following blog in the words that I would like to. Its been far to amazing for even the […]

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East Africa

Day 164…Nairobi- Riding past the first Thorn Tree.

August 19, 2013by Riaan Van Rooyen 15 Comments

Jambo, My route over the last few days. I left Addis in the pouring rain, that was to be the setting for the 2 days of riding towards the Kenyian […]

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East Africa

Day 157… Addis Ababa- Rain, Beer and Bedbugs

August 14, 2013by Riaan Van Rooyen 8 Comments

Hello, My route over the last few days. After a couple of days in Khartoum I left the capital with Ethiopia visa in hand. The day south started quite slow […]

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East Africa

Day 148…Khartoum-Taking THE ferry to Sudan

August 3, 2013by Riaan Van Rooyen 22 Comments

Salaam, My route over the last few days. I have been thinking a lot about the journey and my experiences while riding through the desert of Sudan(there is not much […]

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East Africa

Day 139…Luxor- Valley of the Kings

July 25, 2013by Riaan Van Rooyen 29 Comments

Salaam, My route over the last few days I left Cairo at 5am and headed for the Pyramids again. I was really hoping for a nice pic of the pyramids […]

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East Africa, North Africa

Day 136…Cairo- Lives up to its reputation!

July 22, 2013by Riaan Van Rooyen 2 Comments

Salaam, My route over the last 3 days. Well well well! What a long couple of days. I left Aqaba to find the ferry to Egypt. I wanted to make […]

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North Africa

Day 133…Aqaba- Getting to grips with the middle east!

July 22, 2013by Riaan Van Rooyen 4 Comments

Salaam, My route over the last few days. I stayed in a youth hostel in Jerusalem. It was a 2 man dormitory but by 11pm I was still the only […]

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North Africa

Day 133…Israel- אני לא יודע מה זה אומר

July 18, 2013by Riaan Van Rooyen 4 Comments

שלום, My route over the last few days. After what felt like a holiday for the last 3 days I am back in business. I reached the otherside of the […]

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Europe

Day 127…Greece- Repairs, Waiting and Longing the dust of Africa.

July 13, 2013by Riaan Van Rooyen 9 Comments

Γεια σας, My route over the last few days. I left Lucca with a heavy heart. Deidre left the night before and all of a sudden the lonely blues returned. […]

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