26Apr
Apr, 26
National Geographic VR takes you flying in 360°over the cliffs of Victoria Falls. 4K video: 3D video:
27Apr
Apr, 27
Doha Qatar 27/04/2019 Due to a strike of aircontrol employees in Belgium, i missed my connecting flight to Capetown. No big deal if you see the luxury in the hotel and all expenses paid by the airport...
28Apr
Apr, 28
Cape town 28/04/2019 After 24 hours delay due to a strike by air-control employees in Belgium i finally started the cycling to the Victoria Falls. Cape Town equals Table Mountain and so i had to climb...
29Apr
Cape Town - Caledon 120 km
After a good breakfast and a visit to table mountain with the cable car I was ready to go east, direction Zimbabwe. I had to cycle 10 km through the slum in Cape Town before getting on the R102 direct...
30Apr
Caledon - Swellendam ( 108 km 1400 Height meters )
After a good night rest in a nice B&B without the second B but with a twin shower, i had the second B in the local Wimpy. The owner of the B&B said the road to Swellendam was so much easier than from ...
1May
Swellendam - Albertina 121 km ( 1350 Height meters )
It was a day full of headwind, but if the goal is to reach the Victoria Falls before the end of may the only choice i have is pedalling harder or longer. I saw a nice spectacle. A very big truck was ...
2May
Albertinia - Knysna 159 km ( 1586 Hm )
Nothing special today Patrick
3May
Knysna - Humanspad 180 km ( 1300 height meters )
After a cold and rainy start of the day it stopped raining after a few hours but i have not seen one sunbeam. Yesterday i reported "nothing special" but today was the opposite. I visited a snake sanct...
4May
Humansdorp - Port Elizabeth 86 km ( 1000 Hm )
After a short ride to Port Elizabeth, my warmshower host Merryl welcomed me with lots of ginger soft drink. And after doing my laundry she drove me around the city to give me a quick city tour. A supp...
5May
Port Elizabeth - Grahamstone ( 135 km 1750 Hm )
Merryl made me a nice fruit shake as a breakfast and cycled with me out of town. She said it would be flat and maybe a little hill called "Elephant's Kop" (head). Well merryl, it looked more like mi...
6May
Grahamstown - bedford ( 90 km 1250 Hm )
Except that i forgot to fill up my waterbottles in the morning, everything went smoothly. The monkeys crossing the street and hiding in the trees and all kinds of other animals running away when they ...
7May
Bedford - Cradock ( 83 km 900 Hm )
With all day heavy headwind, around 45 Km/h, it was a long day for a short distance. The stop in a restaurant along the road was funny. Monkeys looking through the window to see if the housekeeper was...
8May
Cradock - Middelburg 180 km ( 750 height meters )
Cloudy, rainy, cold and headwind. I believe most cyclists start shivering when they hear one of these words. So no nice pictures today. Patrick
9May
Middelburg - Springfontein 185 km ( 1000 height meters )
It was a joy to start the day under a blue sky. A little bit cold, but in winter at 1500 meters height nothing else to expect. Lots of animals, some nice waiting for me to take the picture, others try...
10May
May, 10
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11May
May, 11
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12May
May, 12
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13May
May, 13
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14May
Albertina - Emalahleni ( 130 km 750 Hm )
Today i concentrated on two things + cycling. 1) Safety: In this country i am sure that you will feel safe when you go into your own jail and close that prison door when you are inside. Everything is ...
15May
May, 15
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16May
Waterval onder - Nelspruit ( 100 km - 800 Hm )
The day started wonderful, the cook was still asleep so i could bake my own egs. Then the girl from the reception arranged my mountainbike trail in Krugerpark and while cycling downhill with tailwind ...
17May
Nelspruit - Kruger park ( 50 km - 250 Hm )
I slept in Duma Lodge surrounded by oranges. A nice place to sleep with a very helpful office lady. Even before you enter the gate of Kruger park the animals are widespread. Tomorrow no cycling, just ...
18May
Krugerpark
19May
May, 19
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20May
Gravelotte - Louis Trichardt ( 177 km - 1995 Hm )
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21May
May, 21
Louis Trichardt - Breitbridge ( 113 Km 780 Hm ) After 24 days and 2750 Km cycling in South Africa I finally arrived at the border of Zimbabwe. Patrick
22May
May, 22
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23May
May, 23
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24May
May, 24
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25May
May, 25
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26May
May, 26
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11Jun
Jun, 11
KENYA After my cycling adventure in South Africa and Zimbabwe my wife and i visited my daughter in Nairobi and we spent some time in a few national parks in Kenya. For the people who love animals, it ...
