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Top 5 Scariest Moments of 2016-17
Leave a comment17 August 2017 by Justine
Let me give you my personal top 5 scariest moments of our 2016-17 African cycling trip and hopefully feed you with good old second hand adrenaline.
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We Are Spies
Leave a comment8 July 2017 by Justine
We are three blocks from our hotel and just to make things nicer, a white truck follows us. We stop, it stops. We turn around, it turns around. It sounds pretty funny, but right now, it’s midnight, our passports are kept hostage at the police station, we are in the Congo, we used all our patience and that truck freaks me out.
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Testing Gear in the Congo
Leave a comment8 July 2017 by Justine
There are types of adventures that are particularly good environments for testing gear, and our five-month cycling trip in central …
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Tintin (& JP) In The Congo
Leave a comment2 April 2017 by Justine
Villagers are pretty surprised to see us but quickly see the business opportunity. We start negociating. “You need to give enough so that the paddlers are motivated. You don’t want them to stop paddling in the middle of the river, do you? The crossing sometimes takes 50 minutes!” says the guy. Shit. That’s a hell of an argument!
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HobbitLand
Leave a comment29 September 2016 by Justine
Cycling in Lesotho – March 2015 Lesotho. One of those countries in the world that no one knows about… Why? …
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Adventurous Library
Leave a comment21 September 2016 by Justine
There are some books I wish I had read before visiting a country, and others I wish I had read before traveling at all… Here’s my Adventurous Library, built through the years and with friend’s recommendations – and still growing…
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South Africa : Yes, the Country
Leave a comment30 July 2016 by Justine
In 48 hours, we get our first very South African Braii, our stuff get cleaned, our panniers get filled with home-made biscuits, Powerade and left-over chocolates from Christmas, our bikes are back on tracks and 5kg of unused gear is sent to Cape Town. Our batteries are 100% charged and the morning we leave, Pieter rides my fully loaded bike, Romain, JP’s.
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Hidden paradise, Costa Rica
Hello to my sisters, junction for Amistad bridge, Costa Rica
Mayoka Village Hostel, Nkhata Bay, Malawi
Squatting an empty house in Bijagua, Costa Rica
Kwazulu-Natal, SA
Eating Boyardee’s from the can, Coipasa, Bolivia
Golden Gate National Park, SA
In the boat from Colon to San Carlos, Nicaragua
A beach for ourselves, Mozambique
Our very first baobab tree, Malawi
Katse Dam, Lesotho
Fisherman, Lake Malawi, Malawi
Flooded road, Malawi
Our very first zebras, Nyika Plateau, Malawi
Chilling at the beach, Mozambique
Frosted bikes, Coipasa, Bolivia
Sun dried fish, Lake Malawi, Malawi
A break in the shade, Malawi
Two vagabonds in Zambia
High Bolivian Plateau of South Lipez
Froasted with salt
Camping amongst palm trees, Parritas, Costa Rica
Rio San Juan, Nicaragua
Eucalyptus plantation, Mpumalanga, SA
Free State, SA
