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Archive for December, 2016

Day 2144 – 2146: Almuñecar – Granada, Spain

Posted by Thomas Andersen Posted on Dec - 30 - 2016

Distance: 79.9 km Ride time: 6:07:25 Average: 13.0 km/h Max speed: 54.4 km/h Total: 54382 km There are two ways to get from the Mediterranean Sea to Granada. One is the main highway that will take you more or less directly up to the historical city of Granada at 700 m. The other way, the  [ Read More ]

Categories: Spain

Day 2143, Malaga – Almuñecar: Discovering Costa Tropical

Posted by Thomas Andersen Posted on Dec - 30 - 2016

Distance: 81.9 km Ride time: 5:26:57 Average: 15.0 km/h Max speed: 62.3! km/h Total: 54302 km After the great stay with Juan in Malaga we both felt well rested and ready for adventure as we left this beautiful Mediterranean city. I have travelled by bus from Malaga to Granada countless times. However, the bus route  [ Read More ]

Categories: Spain

Day 2140 – 2142: Marbella – Malaga, Spain

Posted by Thomas Andersen Posted on Dec - 29 - 2016

Distance: 52.3 km Ride time: 3:27:34 Average: 15.1 km/h Max speed: 36.0 km/h Total: 54220 km As we packed our tent and started the easy 50 km into Malaga, the challenges and struggles of Africa seemed far away. This was easy riding with the Mediterranean to our right and the Andalusian mountains to our left.  [ Read More ]

Categories: Spain

Day 2139, Gibraltar – Marbella, Spain: Running Into Old Friends

Posted by Thomas Andersen Posted on Dec - 28 - 2016

Distance: 75.1 km Ride time: 5:06:48 Average: 14.7 km/h Max speed: 43.6 km/h Total: 54168 km Yesterday the cycling in Spain was off to a rather challenging beginning with the crazy winds of Tarifa. Today things were nice and quiet as we left our camp site heading towards Malaga along the Mediterranean Sea – our  [ Read More ]

Categories: Spain

Day 2138, Tarifa – Gibraltar: A Pint On The Rock

Posted by Thomas Andersen Posted on Dec - 27 - 2016

Distance: 58.0 km Ride time: 4:38:46 Average: 12.5 km/h Max speed: 40.3 km/h Total: 54093 km Tarifa is a world known surf spot and that means a lot of wind – something we got to experience during the night. We didn’t get much sleep as the wind kept rocking our tent from side to side  [ Read More ]

Categories: Gibraltar, Spain

New Video: Cycling Europe!

Posted by Thomas Andersen Posted on Dec - 26 - 2016

Europe was the 6th and final continent by bike. Perhaps slightly less adventurous than South America or Africa, but what a beautiful ride to finish with; after 6 years of roaming the world it was time to go home. Thank you all for being a part of the journey!

Categories: Denmark, Spain

Day 2136 – 2137: Tanger – Tarifa, Spain!

Posted by Thomas Andersen Posted on Dec - 25 - 2016

Distance: 10.6 km Ride time: 38:26 Average: 17.9 km/h Max speed: 31.7 km/h Total: 54027 km I feel like I have been saying goodbye to Africa a few times now, including the day I cycled into Cairo, the day I visited the Pyramids of Giza, and yesterday when I cycled into Tanger with Manon. This  [ Read More ]

Categories: Morocco, Spain

Day 2135: Assilah – Tanger: Medina Mystique

Posted by Thomas Andersen Posted on Dec - 24 - 2016

Distance: 46.2 km Ride time: 2:34:48 Average: 17.9 km/h Max speed: 39.2 km/h Total: 54016 km Less than 50 kilometers separated us from “finishing Africa” as we had breakfast in Asilah in the morning. Morocco is not a place where they like to get up early. We left town at 9:30 and everybody was very  [ Read More ]

Categories: Morocco

Day 2134, Moulay Bousselham – Asilah: Photogenic Morocco

Posted by Thomas Andersen Posted on Dec - 23 - 2016

Distance: 88.9 km Ride time: 5:25:30 Average: 16.4 km/h Max speed: 43.6 km/h Total: 53970 km Once again the day started on some rather remote roads of varying quality after attempting a short cut. Well, everything worked out fine – in fact I much preferred those small roads compared to the highway we had to  [ Read More ]

Categories: Morocco

Day 2132 – 2133: Kenitra – Moulay Bousselham, Morocco

Posted by Thomas Andersen Posted on Dec - 22 - 2016

Distance: 76.0 km Ride time: 5:21:34 Average: 14.2 km/h Max speed: 28.4 km/h Total: 53881 km We left Kenitra early and was in for a bit of adventure on the rural roads of Morocco. Trying to avoid the busy A5 highway was a fine enough idea, in fact I’m not even sure if you are  [ Read More ]

Categories: Morocco