I last wrote with details from Khartoum, Sudan. We were staying with the very hospitable Luay, who very kindly agreed to host us (for the record, this was a...
We woke up about 80-90 kms south of Atbara, with a stiff headwind greeting us for the day. We pushed hard, and did well avoiding police checkpoints. We...
Asking around in Atbara, we found out there was another, older bridge across the Atabara River that we could take for heading out of town. We were more than...
We restocked with food and water in Karima after the visit to Jebel Barkal, and then headed out to the desert for camping rather than stay in town. Another...
We're pretty well rested up from hanging out here in Aswan. We went to the immigration office and have a travel visa good until February, so we shouldn't...
After a full rest day in Dongola, and with the power of Cipro, my stomach was in better shape. We headed out early in the morning, and got stopped by a...
Helped by favorable wind conditions (I didn't think we'd get to say that for the rest of the trip) we're in Luxor after two days of riding. We had a police...
Wadi Halfa was our last town in Sudan, and we knew we were going to miss Sudan. In rushing out these updates, I'm sure we haven't been able to really convey...
In Aswan, we met up again with Stuart and Fiver, who had now been waiting almost two weeks for their vehicles. (The car barge didn't run the week of the Eid...
The main road from Luxor to Cairo is pretty straight-forward, following the Nile River all the way up. However, it is also filled with police checkpoints,...
I've uploaded our pictures so far in Egypt. There isn't any real historical context for most of the pictures from ruin (especially the Karnak Temple), but...
We're in what our maps call Mut, but the road signs call El Dakhla, in the Dakhla oasis of the Western Desert. Things are going well although police escorts...
Hey everyone, Just a quick note. We're in Bawiti, in the Bahariya Oasis. Depending on which map you trust, we're either 338 or 376 kilometers from Cairo,...
Happy New Year to you and Mary. Petra ________________________________ From: Greg Kaiser <oohay_gerg@...> To: bicycle-safari@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thu,...
Hello everyone! Mary and I have successfully made it to Cairo, Egypt, the end of the line for our bicycle adventure. We got in town yesterday, exiting the...
Congratulations What great way  to start the New Year, Evro ... From: Greg Kaiser <oohay_gerg@...> Subject: [bicycle-safari] Merry Coptic Christmas from...
You both are incredible beings!! Congratulations to you both and I can't wait to hear you've successfully touched down in the U.S. If you get a chance to do a...
What a great idea! I do not know Greg and Mary very well (I play water polo with Mary). But I loved reading each of their emails and followed the journey "mile...
Luxor was not a hard city for us to want to leave. The level of obnoxiousness by the people on the streets trying to sell felluca rides, taxi rides, tours,...
We were pretty beat from the harsh headwinds the previous day, and took a rest day in Kharga. We went to walk around the town again, and the tourist police...
We slept in (for us) in Dakhla, and weren't rolling until closer to 8am, hoping to take a casual Boxing Day. (Of little surprise, Boxing Day is also not...
I'll get the last update or two online in the next couple of days, about our final days of the tour. But in the meantime, we have all of the pictures online...
Heading out of Farafra, we were pretty annoyed, but at least resupplied with food and water. We got past the tourist police checkpoint, and started heading...
We started 2010 with a rest day in Bawiti. Out with old and in with the new meant replacing Mary's fraying rear derailler cable. It's the kind of routine...
I still don't think the whole tour has sunk in for Mary and I yet. We're still in Cairo, and have been doing a lot of logistics to get ready to come back to...
Let me be the first to congratulate you on your epic adventure. I've truly enjoyed reading yours and Mary's descriptions of your travels and it has changed...
Hi Mary, I just found this group today. I wish I had seen it earlier so I could follow your trip, but I'll go back through your posts and catch up with you in...
Hi Greg and all,I am seeking a good bicycling route from Yosemite National Park to San Francisco or the Pleasanton/Dublin BART station. I have a good...
