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 [...]
Sierra Leone – Noooooo way!
Sierra Leone is living proof that the people of West Africa are resilient. We find it difficult to understand how the population of a country that has been through so much and is so challenged can be so welcoming and curious about who the two crazies on bicycles are. Inflation is high and life is […]
Guinea – From straw huts to skyscrapers
In Guinea we found again what we love most about bikepacking. Rough dirt roads through mountain landscapes, with small villages filled with welcoming people who live life in a completely different way than in Denmark. But we also found new friends and much-needed luxury in Conakry's expat environment, as well as a few experiences we will never forget. Already […]
The Gambia. Small country – big challenges.
In the small medical center in Janjanbureh, Kenneth sits with his foot up on an old, broken desk. The nurse has her infant in a sling on her back while she cleans the wound on Kenneth's leg with hand sanitizer. It's not exactly clean here. Nor exactly the most optimal remedies for even simple wound cleaning. You have to do with [...]
Through the desert sands of Mauritania
Mauritania. A country we hadn't even heard of just a year ago. But after a month of warm smiles, men in blue suits, women on the backs of donkey carts, with iPhones in hand, traditional music, windswept desert landscapes, golden sunsets, raw and authentic living conditions, we have completely fallen in love with this desert country at the edge of [ …]
In the trail of the caravans – Bikepacking 'Route of Caravans'
We love to experience the world and we love to ride bikes. Especially when the terrain gets bumpy and challenging, and we get full value for our bikepacking set-up. We are looking forward to setting out on the bikepacking route 'Route of Caravans', which is a 1200km route with 12,500 meters of altitude, which partly follows a historic caravan route. It will […]
On the edge of the continent
Huge hugs and kisses. This is how the reunion took place, of course, at Valencia airport. Marie flew here so that we could be reunited in our adventure towards South Africa. Kenneth had gone to the trouble of booking a hotel that would suit Marie's romantic taste. The choice was exquisite – a hotel with a bicycle workshop in the basement, so we had good [...]
The Milky Way bikepacking route
The headline for this story should probably be more: "Much more than the Milky Way", because the trip to Norway ended up containing so much more than just bikepacking. After spending a long time trying to rent a van for the long term, we had to admit that it was both easier and cheaper to buy a car, and sell [...]