You hear about it.  It’s all that any one can talk about.  You read the blogs in advance.  The pain and suffering.  The saddle sores, the bent rims and broken spirits.  It’s Northern Kenya and it’s designed to break you. 



When we arrived at the border ... Continue Reading

Greetings from your African dirt correspondent, exactly a month on from our first taste of dirt in Sudan. I'm writing from a small settlement called Laisamis, 95 kilometres from a dusty town called Marsabit, en route to Nairobi.



As we left Ethiopia, the heavy rain that had plagued the tour eased ... Continue Reading

Through 40 Stages covering Egypt, Sudan, Ethiopia and Northern Kenya, the racing has been fast furious and fraught with a few unfortunate falls. Section 1 winner, Australian Adrian Lutey, sadly broke his clavicle in a high speed collision with an Ethiopian pedestrian and has been forced to retur... Continue Reading

The last few days in Ethiopia felt different somehow.  The children seemed to be less aggressive and the stone throwing seemed to be isolated incidents instead of the norm. The vocabulary of the children also started improving.  From ‘you, you, you’ to the odd ‘Welcome&rs... Continue Reading

We have just received the latest 2010 Tour d'Afrique financial report from our field staff enroute in Ethiopia. Here are a few of the entries we have just reviewed...



Feb 2       Sudanese Pounds 30            fine for having bike on... Continue Reading

“Up until now, my bike has been like a man wearing high heels.”The mountain bikers among our crowd are unabashedly pleased with Kenya so far.  Thrilled to reunite his ride with fat tires once again, the ever -quotable Simon Francis and the speedy first-to-camp crew were suitably sto... Continue Reading

I could wax poetic about breakfast at length, if the mood and audience permitted; it’s my favourite meal of the day. And so, when we woke a few mornings ago to the cold, drizzling rain for the first time on tour, I took comfort in the inside knowledge that this would be a particularly good d... Continue Reading

We would like to offer a little perspective on the issue of Ethiopian children throwing rocks at the cyclists during the Tour ‘d’Afrique from our Brazilian colleague, Christiano Werneck…  



“The stories and videos about the rock-throwing kids in Ethiopia caught my ... Continue Reading

Another section of Tour d'Afrique has been completed and that means new section winners.  This section saw rough terrain that had never been cycled through with Tour d'Afrique before.  The riders beat down three days of off road between Khartoum to Gondor.  The off road sectio... Continue Reading

It's our first rainy bike day.  Some riders like Jethro and Frans seems to thrive in the muck other like Simon and Tim can't wait for a warm shower.  Sorry boys you'll have to ride one more day before (hopefully) warm showers. We are reaching the end of our stay in Ethiopia.&... Continue Reading