From Cape to Cape
What do you really feel inside your body when, after a year and more than 30,000km on a bike, you reach your goal? It's a good question that we even had the opportunity to practice. When we arrived at Cape Agulhas, Africa's southernmost point, in brilliant sunshine and wind in the hair, the smiles were big [...]
South Africa – Beautiful but divided country
Hospitality is vast and ubiquitous. We are completely overwhelmed by the many offers to participate in meals. For the first several days in the country, we are hardly allowed to eat our own food, due to the many invitations. But South Africa also has a dark side. Although apartheid is a thing of the past, the division in […]
Gravelpacking Namibia – diamonds and washboard
After ten days in Swakopmund with delicious food, good coffee, reunion with traveling friends and meeting new friends, we are again ready to cycle south in Namibia. This time we have approx. 1200km of dirt road ahead of us. Technically, the route is easier, but there is still a long way between water and supplies. It is also clear that […]
Namibia – 1,500km fabulous desert adventure
Namibia has a force of nature as great and raw as few other places in the world. As we cycle through the vast desert landscapes, we meet indigenous people who have lived here for thousands of years. We are fascinated by their abilities to survive, while at the same time we have to think really hard ourselves, so as not to […]
Bikepacking Angola – from lush banana plantation to dry savannah
Angola marks another shift in our journey. After crossing the Equator, the northern landscapes mirror south of the Equator in reverse order. The country is the world's 22nd largest, and the landscape changes from north to south and east to west. We experience it while cycling through the country. In the north we wake up in a […]
Congo and Congo. Visa stress and wild experiences
What country is Congo? It has been almost impossible for us to find anything about the Republic of Congo in our research. Every time we search the internet, a lot comes up about the Democratic Republic of the Congo - which is another country. Neighborland short story. But still another country. No matter how hard we try and [...]
Bikepacking Cameroon – meeting one of the world's last indigenous peoples
In Cameroon we leave West Africa and cycle into a new region, Central Africa. Here we cycle far to the east, into the jungle, to meet the Baka, one of the world's last indigenous hunter-gatherers. Deep in the world's second largest rainforest, we meet a people who live in, by and with nature, but whose living conditions [...]
Reunification in Cameroon
Deafeningly loud African music blasts out in the small restaurant, where there is only room for 4-5 people around the table. Restaurant is perhaps as much said. Kiosk with the option to buy a meal is perhaps more appropriate. I try for the third time to shout through the music, but have to give up pushing through [...]
Nigeria – Dangerous country full of love
It will be a harsh tale about the most dangerous country on our route. Nigeria is known for kidnappings, murders, ritual use of human body parts and overall a security situation that is completely wild and hopeless. I promise it will end happily though. Very happy even. But I must warn that the following is [...]
Togo and Benin. Voodoo in reality
Togo and Benin are largely about the ancient religion of voodoo, which is practiced here. But also about extremely nice people. About getting my shoulders down again and finding my way back to the cool places to cycle and the good experiences in the small villages, out in the countryside. On the other hand, it was unlikely to be difficult to […]