Zambia, a new country to discover..... the first days of biking are great, nice landscape and back to the open spaces which means lots of possibilities for wild camping!! We are happy in the new environment, the food is very basic but we manage to cook...
Salar de Uyuni, what a nice spectacle to ride on the biggest salt plain in the world! Entering in Llica we head south east towards the Incahuasi island. On the way the only visible reference is the Isla del Pescado which first appears as a small dot to...
2 options au devant de nos roues pour rejoindre Aswan: 1) suivre le Nil, directissima 900 km, aucun probleme de ravitaillement, villes et villages nombreux, eau a gogo, vent dans le dos. 2) traverser le Western Desert aussi appele Lybian Desert, par la...
Total kilometres cycled in Africa: 7,600km. We are on the way to exit Uganda after crossing the southwestern part of the country along the border to Democratic Republic of Congo. On the last 600km from Kampala to Kabale we have seen a great landscape...
Our route in Tanzania started in the most northwestern part of the country crossing from Burundi. We soon gazed the stark beauty of Lake Tanganyika, the longest lake in the world. After resting some days in Kigoma we decided to take the MV Liemba that...
We leave the paradise of Vilanculos heading towards Maputo along a much better road than in the north of the country, much more development and more population living very basic, just fulfilling their daily basic needs. It is very pleasent to bike along...
Already 6 moons have passed since our first day in the African continent - starting end of February 2011 on the Sinai Peninsula in Egypt. Along the way, we have enjoyed amazing landscapes, met helpful and friendly local people, discovered different languages,...
After the first serious thunderstorms in our travel through the Americas (the rainy season has started!) we leave Costa Rica and jump into Panama. Instantaneously we feel the difference: the population is much more diverse (Asian, Americans, Europeans,...
Les filles de l'ecole de Daraja chantent sous le drapeau Kenyan, c'est lundi matin. On paquete et prenons conge de nos gracieux hotes, pas de pelage de pommes de terre pour nous aujourd'hui. On remonte la piste rougeatre en direction du plus gros patelin...
Malawi is a nice place for biking! You have great landscape and people are good! We entered the country after rolling down from the tea plantations in Tanzania. The Lake Nyassa was awaiting for us with its beautiful blue waters. But before we had to convince...
Botswana is a huge country where you can bike for a few hundred kilometres without seeing any settlement or human life, however wild animals are very abundant in this part of Africa and it is very frequent to spot groups of elephants just next to the...
Let´s discover the Yucatan peninsula! We decide to leave our bikes in Palenque and do the loop "backpacking". We start with the colourful Campeche, a nice symbol of traditional houses and a big wall surrounding the city in order to protect it against...
Bienvenidos a Mexico! We finally leave the US and enter straight in the hot area of Tamaulipas. Despite all the warnings we discover the reality is a bit away from the bad reputation. The reality is: excellent food and lots of culture to discover, places...
Voyager a velo offre la bonne vitesse a nos yeux: assez rapide pour couvrir une honorable distance moyenne de 80km/jour et assez lent pour avoir le temps de contempler le paysage, echanger un regard - un sourire avec les locaux, sentir les odeurs, ressentir...
It has been almost 4 months since we started our African trip in Egypt. So far we have crossed deserts, discovered archeological treasures, biked along rivers, climbed to the mountains of the Rift Valley, camped next to beautiful lakes, encoutered some...
La ligne rose s'allonge, les plans sont nombreux... On hesite souvent: garder le cap plein SUD ou se faire plaisir - petites bouclettes a gauche a droite sans restriction. Les contraintes sont a respecter: visas, passages de frontiere, saison des pluies,...
Palenque is one of the major Maya sites in southern Mexico, a city that flourished in the 7th century (100BC-800AD) It is a great place to get closer to the Maya culture with not too many tourists and a reasonable entrance price, the ruins are placed...
Luxor et son harcelement touristique! Pas beau comme annonce, mais tellement vrai malheureusement... a moins que mon opinion soit faussee par notre isolement du a la traversee du Western Desert. La, pas ame qui vive, pas moyen de se sentir sollicitee...
Western Tanzania is very rough in terms of pistes and roads, there is hardly a paved road and almost every piste is full of sand, stones and corrugations. However it has been great to bike in this part of the country far from the touristy places and thus...
En selle pour le deuxieme round: on quitte notre cocon en lieu de El Kasr - Dakhla Oasis. Au programme: Mut se presente deja 30 km apres notre depart, pause petit dej' d'enfer, au soleil, les Falafels se glissent gouluement dans nos estomacs bien creux....
On quitte Addis, un dernier p'tit dej' d'enfer couronne d'un jus d'avocat de quoi donner des ailes a tout biker. En selle, direction Sud! On hesite, pour le passage de la frontiere, 2 solutions devant nous: petit a) MOYALE - la classique situe au Sud-Est......
Khartoum - on quitte cette capitale trop hospitaliere. Cinq jours passes a vitesse express, occupes a obtenir un visa Ethiopien et surtout a se la couler douce, tout un programme. Bonne cuisine - poulet grille, jus de fruits frais, yogourt, de l'incroyable...
Nuestra estancia en Ushuaia no puede ser mejor. Desde el primer día la familia de Aitor (otro amigo ciclista) nos da la bienvenida a la ciudad y nos facilita un lugar perfecto para descansar. Después de haber rodado los últimos días en condiciones duras...
NEW CHAPTER ADDED, video gallery! We are pleased to share a few moments spent during our Afrian Odysse: biking, wild camping, sharing time with locals... NOUVELLE RUBRIQUE, une gallerie videos tout juste ajoutee! On a le plaisir de partager avec vous...
Invités par Action-Culture et Cinéma Palace, nous présentons notre Tour du monde à vélo (2009-2013) sous forme de conférence-diaporama à Bévilard le 15 septembre - 20h00, bienvenue à tous!
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Jean-Béliveau, 11 ans de tour du monde à pieds
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