We're back in Mzuzu, after having walked 50 kilometers with my bike. The ultra expensive Phil Wood rear hub I had first failed in Zambia, with it not catching...
Hey everyone, So the good news is Phil Wood has really stepped up and taken a lot of responsibility for their hub issues. We're pretty sure that just...
For completeness sake, I feel like I should fill in the details of what we haven't written much about yet. So I'm going way back to when we left Lusaka,...
I hope this finds everyone well. Thank you for all of your support and help with our trip! I want to talk about a few things that have caught my attention...
Just a quick update on the progress of our wheel: It was last seen in Paris, France, and hopefully is making its way to the African continent. It probably...
In Chipata, Zambia, we decide to get up early and try to cover the 145 kms to Lilongwe, Malawi in one day. We figured it would depend on how quickly we got...
I hope this finds everyone well! We had the wonderful opportunity of going on a walking safari while in the South Luangwa National Park. Walking safaris are...
We left Lilongwe still a little sick, but eager to try to find a place more agreeable to us. We headed out in the early morning, hoping the make the 120kms...
Out of Senga Bay, we put in a long day to get to the first camping spot that we knew of, about 130kms up the road. Fortunately for us, the riding was pretty...
We left Mzuzu, and had a beautiful ride to Rumphi. The main highway had a lot more traffic (the lake highway and mountain highway merge into one at Mzuzu,...
We're unsure of the status of our rear wheel. The tracking information shows that it arrived in Johannesburg, South Africa on Friday night, but it hasn't...
On Monday, we spent over an hour at the post office, waiting in lines, talking to a number of people, and eventually talking to the Senior Postmaster and...
The internet in Mzuzu, and just Malawi in general, is really slow. We've managed to upload a small number of pictures, though, just to give people something to...
Hello from Mbeya, Tanzania. I'll keep this quick since I don't know when this connection is going to cut out. We'll be in Mbeya a couple days running...
Nothing against Mzuzu, Malawi, but we were really glad to get moving from there. A Malawian tourist brochure about the country even states "Chilling out in a...
Here's our current plan. From Mbeya, we'll head southwest, on the paved road (maybe detouring to visit a meteorite), to the town of Tunduma, on the Zambian...
We'll be leaving from Mbeya bright and early tomorrow morning, so this will probably be our last email for almost a month. We spent an exciting evening last...
Just a quick note from Sumbawanga, Tanzania, where there's not only electricity (generally working), but even an internet place. Actually, it's a somewhat...
We're in Kigoma. We'll write more later, but just a quick note to let everyone know we've safely traversed some of the remote areas of Western Tanzania, and...
Catching up in segments from Mbeya to here in Kigoma. In Mbeya, we stocked up on goods, knowing we were going to be getting more remote. The pavement would...
We're in Kigoma, and plan on leaving tomorrow. But rather than continue in Western Tanzania, we plan on heading through Burundi, and up to Rwanda that way. ...
We woke up in Tunduma, still a little tired from the long day, but eager to get moving away from the border town chaos and on our way to Sumbawanga, some 240...
Just wanted to let you and Mary know that I am enjoying the your Bicycle Safari emails Please tell Mary hello from Adelante Joseph Mum Evro ... [full quote of...
I agree about enjoying the emails...and wonder who else is out there reading, enjoying and learning from their adventure? Let's give them a big yahoo....
Hey everyone, Just a quick note that we're in the Burundi capital of Bujumbura. This country, and the mountains from Kigoma to here, have been pretty intense,...
We are following along in awe from non-tropical (but perhaps on the verge of rainforest) Maine. We're often late in reading the posts, but are grateful to...
Still catching up on older stuff here. In Sumbawanga, we knew we were going to take a rest day, and used it to try to figure out how we were going to get to...
We're still here in Bujumbura, and after having spent no less than six hours in the Burundi immigration office (where there isn't even a fan to help with the...
We knew it was 200 kms from Mpanda to Uvinza. We were hoping to cover it in four days (50 kms per day), and were well supplied for five days. There're no...
