Distance: 47.4 km Ride time: 2:33:16 Average: 18.6 km/h Max speed: 50.4 km/h Total: 48156 km I joined a couple of good guys from the local Mzuzu cycle club for the ride down to the clear waters of Lake Malawi. Nkhata Bay has the reputation among cyclists and other travellers for being a place you [ Read More ]
Distance: 68.3 km Ride time: 4:06:51 Average: 16.6 km/h Max speed: 54.0 km/h Total: 48088 km It was a misty morning in the highlands of northern Malawi – cycling up, down, and around the spectacular rock structures typical to the region. I felt I could take a new photo after every turn… The traffic was [ Read More ]
Distance: 102.1 km Ride time: 7:00:47 Average: 14.6 km/h Max speed: 48.2 km/h Total: 48020 km 2/10/2010 – 24/3/2016 => 2000 days on the road today!! That’s about 1600 more than I had planned, but I certainly wouldn’t change the last 5 and a half years for anything else. Thank you once again for being [ Read More ]
Distance: 111.2 km Ride time: 6:00:14 Average: 18.5 km/h Max speed: 38.5 km/h Total: 47918 km I felt like the random village where I woke up this morning was the heart of Malawi – or actually, let’s even call it the heart of Africa! I packed my bags and was on the road early, joining [ Read More ]
Distance: 107.8 km Ride time: 5:19:31 Average: 20.3 km/h Max speed: 40.7 km/h Total: 47807 km I got to spend 10 days in Zambia and think I have managed to get a good understanding of the country, even though I have been cycling through fast. I could certainly see myself coming back to spend some [ Read More ]
Distance: 122.5 km Ride time: 6:16:52 Average: 19.5 km/h Max speed: 47.9 km/h Total: 47699 km The day started with a number of rain showers drifting across the country side. Luckily it was just a question of hanging around for twenty minutes, then things would clear up again. As always an interesting time, stopping in [ Read More ]
Distance: 115.6 km Ride time: 6:55:45 Average: 16.7 km/h Max speed: 36.4 km/h Total: 47576 km Ever since I made a right turn in Namibia some weeks ago I have been moving east rather than north. I’m starting to look forward to enter Malawi in a couple of days as that means I will start [ Read More ]
Distance: 104.8 km Ride time: 6:31:45 Average: 16.1 km/h Max speed: 50.4 km/h Total: 47460 km In the early morning hours I was crossing the bridge over the beautiful Luangwa River. It had been a great stop down at Bridge Camp, but now it was time to climb back up towards the 1000 m plateau [ Read More ]
Distance: 125.4 km Ride time: 7:19:06 Average: 17.1 km/h Max speed: 54.7 km/h Total: 47355 km Starting the day in the hills at 1200 meters and ending at the Luangwa river at only 350, it might sound like an easy day rolling along. What the above numbers don’t tell is the 1200 meters of vertical [ Read More ]
Distance: 108.1 km Ride time: 6:10:14 Average: 17.5 km/h Max speed: 48.6 km/h Total: 47230 km Dave has super fast internet in his house – and as he said I’d better take advantage as I wouldn’t find as fast internet maybe in the rest of Africa! In the morning it was raining hard, so a [ Read More ]
