Time to restructure "VELOBROUSSE"! Up to now, this blog was mainly dedicated to our African Odyssey. From now on, it also includes our Asian trip (2009-2010: articles, route, photos...) and the crossing of the Americas (coming up in January 2012) . Keep...
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The Table Mountain is in front of us, It must be Cape Town, we did it! After almost 10 moons and more than 16,500kms pedaling in the African continent we reach the Cape! It is incredible the feelings of joy and pride we have when we look back to the last...
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· KILOMETERS BIKED: 16,573 KILOMETRES PARCOURUS A VELO: 16'573 · DAYS TRAVELLED: 297 JOURS VOYAGES: 297 · BIKING DAYS: 195 JOUNREES DE VELO: 195 · DAYS OFF THE BIKE: 102 JOURNEES SANS TOUCHER LE VELO: 102 BIKING / VELO · AVERAGE BIKED PER DAY: 85kms Moyenne...
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Final stretch to reach Cape Town! Beautiful nature along the way with nice beaches and mountains falling down to the sea. We enjoy the beauty of the landscape and once again the great hospitality of the South Africans. Great moments in Plettenberg Bay...
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Our first experience in a big South African city: Port Elizabeth! It is a great pleasure for us to be hosted by Sue and Max who take care of us and treat us as another member of the family. We walk around the Donkin area and the pedestrian street, it...
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Back to South Africa! It feels good to come back to this country, you can find easily confort and the supermarkets are well stocked! It is very easy and confortable to travel like this... the only thing we have to do is to plan our route and pedal against...
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A kingdom 3/4 the area of Switzerland and full of mountains!! Our plan is to cross the country from east to west along the Drakensberg, Maloti and Central range Mts. "Good luck!" people tell us shaking their heads when they see us with our heavy bikes.......
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The only entry point between Kwazulu Natal province and Lesotho gives us an excellent opportunity to enjoy the Drakensberg mountains. On a gravel road we climb to the top of the pass; the last 8km almost all the time pushing our bicycles due to the steepnes...
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South Africa!! Finally we reached it after 8 months through Africa....indeed it is very different to all countries we have been before. We are happy to have good infrastucture, roads, no more fear of malaria, drinking water from the tap... but at the...
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