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Day 2044, Busia – Webuye: Into Kenya!

Posted by Thomas Andersen Posted on Aug - 21 - 2016

Distance: 86.6 km Ride time: 5:14:22 Average: 16.5 km/h Max speed: 40.0 km/h Total: 50815 km I had been staying in a cheap hotel in the border town of Busia between Uganda and Kenya. This morning’s first project was to enter Kenya – country number 48 in Cycling The Globe history. Even after all these  [ Read More ]

Categories: Kenya, Uganda

Day 2043, Jinja – Busia: Scratching The Surface of Uganda

Posted by Thomas Andersen Posted on Aug - 11 - 2016

Distance: 115.1 km Ride time: 5:53:34 Average: 19.5 km/h Max speed: 45.4 km/h Total: 50728 km After a couple of super interesting days spent visiting the Ananda Marga orphanage in Lugazi it was back to business today; 115 km of rather fast cycling along Lake Victoria towards the border with Kenya. I was able to  [ Read More ]

Categories: Uganda

Day 2042, Lugazi – Jinja: The Source of the Nile

Posted by Thomas Andersen Posted on Jul - 27 - 2016

Distance: 45.0 km Ride time: 2:46:34 Average: 16.2 km/h Max speed: 47.9 km/h Total: 50613 km It would have been interesting to spend more time at the Ananda Marga Mission, but the road was calling again. I do however have the feeling that this might be a place I will return to in the future.  [ Read More ]

Categories: Uganda

Day 2041, Kampala – Lugazi: Learning about Ananda Marga

Posted by Thomas Andersen Posted on Jul - 26 - 2016

Distance: 55.8 km Ride time: 3:22:33 Average: 16.5 km/h Max speed: 44.3 km/h Total: 50568 km After a nice break in Kampala I was once again navigating the busy roads on the way out of the Uganda capital. Kampala equals chaos, but I was now on my way to a place that was much more  [ Read More ]

Categories: Uganda

Day 2035 – 2040: Kampala, Uganda

Posted by Thomas Andersen Posted on Jul - 23 - 2016

Distance: 81.6 km Ride time: 5:04:14 Average: 16.1 km/h Max speed: 50.4 km/h Total: 50512 km Since I had been sleeping a few kilometers to the south of the equator I was crossing the magic line again this morning – in fact I had breakfast right on it 🙂 Finally, being on the northern hemisphere  [ Read More ]

Categories: Uganda

Day 2034, Lyantonde – Kayabwe: Crossing Equator!

Posted by Thomas Andersen Posted on Jul - 13 - 2016

Distance: 125.3 km Ride time: 7:50:28 Average: 16.0 km/h Max speed: 65.2 km/h Total: 50430 km A typical morning on the road in Uganda; rolling hills, low clouds, plenty of people and cyclists along the road, and a positive atmosphere 🙂 Otherwise the big thing on my mind today was crossing the equator – it’s  [ Read More ]

Categories: Uganda

Day 2033, Ntungamo – Lyantonde, Uganda

Posted by Thomas Andersen Posted on Jul - 13 - 2016

Distance: 128.2 km Ride time: 6:55:49 Average: 18.5 km/h Max speed: 65.9 km/h Total: 50305 km I’m continuing through the rolling hills of southern Uganda – all in all a very nice and comfortable ride with small villages with shops and restaurant and not too much traffic on the road. The one challenge I have  [ Read More ]

Categories: Uganda

Day 2032, Katuna – Ntungamo: Back in Africa…

Posted by Thomas Andersen Posted on Jul - 09 - 2016

Distance: 100.1 km Ride time: 5:17:48 Average: 18.9 km/h Max speed: 52.6 km/h Total: 50177 km It had been quite a change to arrive in Rwanda and experience such a well-organized country in the middle of Africa. Now the change was equally big as entered Uganda and was getting ready to cycle the first kilometers  [ Read More ]

Categories: Uganda

Day 2031, Kigali – Katuna, Uganda!

Posted by Thomas Andersen Posted on Jun - 27 - 2016

Distance: 83.1 km Ride time: 4:30:51 Average: 18.5 km/h Max speed: 54.2 km/h Total: 50077 km I had only enjoyed a single rest day in Kigali, but I felt I was in the mood for some progress, so I decided to keep moving. I didn’t leave Kigali right away though. After speaking with the other  [ Read More ]

Categories: Rwanda, Uganda