Written on the September, 2010

Cairo (roof top)

Written on Thursday 30th September (2010)

Well, the news is that we’ve been to the Sudanese embassy this morning, and submitted our visa applications and have been told that they’ll be processed and ready for collection Monday morning. We then, need to zoom off to the Ethiopian embassy and apply for that visa. So we’re currently stuck here in hot clamy [...]

Cairo

Written on Tuesday 28th September (2010)

So I got as far as the Pyramids! Sorry I didn’t make more of an effort with the appearance….. 4 hours riding in 40 degrees with a jacket on, and the last 30 minutes was in traffic. Just a catch up for the past few days. Firstly: the ferry, 4 males, 4 days, stuck in [...]

Alexandria

Written on Tuesday 28th September (2010)

Hi just a quick line to let you all know that I’m now officially in Africa. …and another few lines to tell you: Yesterday, we pulled in to Alex at 2pm… spent 4 hours in customs being issued visas, insurance, driver’s license, number-plates and everything else… all in the baking sun, no idea what we [...]

Egypt?!

Written on Wednesday 22nd September (2010)

Ok not yet, but give me 4 days and a day of Visa processing and I’ll be riding my trusty little bike in the Middle East/Africa. Today, Ed and I have been walking the alleyways of Venice and doing all the usual tourist things of photographing gondolas and posing on bridges… and avoiding beggars. We [...]

Bologna, Italy

Written on Monday 20th September (2010)

Well hi there! So we’ve finally left Spain which is much to the scepticism of some that this trip was about crossing Africa.  Our stay in Barcelona was a blast, and while I was on the ferry trying to piece together in my diary what I had done in which order there still seems to [...]

Barcelona

Written on Tuesday 14th September (2010)

I’m currently in Barcelona. Ed and I arrived yesterday in the afternoon from Barbastro,  I have since bought myself a mobile phone with the intent of getting it unlocked, so I can use it in Africa; however, after buying it and taking it to be unlocked, I’ve been informed it’s not un-lockable despite being told [...]

Barbastro

Written on Sunday 12th September (2010)

Hey hey! Ed are on our first night away from the warm embrace of my Spanish family, and currently a day’s ride away from Barcelona. We left Lodosa this morning and rode idly down tertiary roads all the way to Barbastro, which is a nice little city (much to our surprise). We stopped today at Ejea [...]

Catch-up!

Written on Monday 6th September (2010)

Hi! I’ve been struggling to write anything when I’ve had the opportunity to get online (mostly due to the hectic family crisii that seem to occur every time I get my head down to concentrate). Suffice to say, I’m now writing this all elsewhere with the intent of pasting it on my blog when I [...]

Trip Video

Written on Saturday 4th September (2010)

httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mwZewjGWajI Here’s the long awaited vid.. .I doubt very much we’ll publish any more until we get back. However, this was just an experiment. Enjoy!

Covaleda!

Written on Thursday 2nd September (2010)

Hi hi! After a difficult night the night before departure with nerves we left at 7am and headed off to Portsmouth with Mum and a sack of food. We made good time, had plenty of time to kick around. Ferry set off all on good time, but soon we realized how bored we were going [...]