Souq Omdurman and Thoughts on Sudanese Hospitality

February 21, 2010
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Upon arriving in Sudan a few weeks ago, a friend of mine joked that he had to travel halfway around the world to a country where the president is accused of war crimes to find real hospitality.
I have completed my time on the Tour d’Afrique for this year, and I am now back in Toronto. After the tour left Khartoum I had a few days before flying home, so I took one morning to visit [...]

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The Dinder Park Experiment

February 10, 2010
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One rider on Twitter said it was ‘the hardest day of my life so far’ while another described it as the ‘biggest EFI massacre ever.’ (EFI? That’s Every Fucking Inch of the Tour d’Afrique without ever riding the support truck.)
It was an epic epic day… actually, from what I am told it was two giant days of riding in the untested roads approaching and inside Dinder National Park – a new route for us at Tour [...]

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Wadi Halfa to Dongola – The Paving of the Nubian Desert

January 30, 2010
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I have mentioned to several riders on this tour that ‘back in my day’ (3 years ago) when I was in Sudan for the first time with Tour d’Afrique, the week of riding from Wadi Halfa to Dongola was one of the toughest on the entire tour.
Now with the completion of a paved road it is a whole new place. It wasn’t long ago that our schedule included five cycling days to get us from [...]

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African Cyclists on the Tour d’Afrique

January 25, 2010
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In each country along our route on the Tour d’Afrique we have the pleasure of getting local cyclists join us to ride the portion of the tour that passes through their country.
Some of them are very skilled – completing for and winning stages. Some of them, on the other hand, are not as skilled or fit, and almost all of them lack access to replacement parts, cycling clothing, or tools. Their bikes, as a result, [...]

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70m of String and an Adjustable Wrench

January 20, 2010
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I am here in Egypt with Tour d’Afrique. Tonight we are in Safaga on the Red Sea. The first four days of riding are behind us and they have been challenging ones indeed.
The tour staff and myself spent several frantic days in Cairo preparing for the big start of the 2010 Tour d’Afrique. I am here to oversee the start of this year’s tour and to help out with any and all of the day-to-day [...]

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A travel and news chronicle from the places my bicycle takes me. It’s not a cycling blog per se. It’s a record of things I encounter along the way – in my travels with Tour d’Afrique Ltd., and through my own experiences at home and abroad.
This is a personal blog and has no official affiliation with Tour d’Afrique Ltd. or anyone other than myself. The views and opinions expressed here represent my own and not those of anyone else.

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