Take On Africa

Having spent nearly a week in the small but friendly town of Faranah in Guinea, we managed to get built a river-worthy wooden pirogue and buy suplies to keep us sustained for the two weeks it was expected to take to get to Kouroussa, the next place along the river…

The Welbodi Partnership
‘Welbodi’, meaning ‘health’ in Krio
In Sierra Leone, more than one in four children die before their fifth birthday, mainly from preventable illness or disease such as malaria, diarrhoea, pneumonia or malnutrition.
The Welbodi Partnership is working at the Ola During Children’s Hospital along with the Ministry of Health and Sanitation with the aim of [...]

The ride from Labe through the heart of the Fouta Djalon hills towards Kindia in the south of Guinea was simply stunning. The photos don’t really do the place justice unfortunately, but perhaps they give an idea of what it was like. The journey took longer than expected, primarily because one day we ended up [...]

Here’s a selection of photos from the last few weeks cycling through the Gambia, Senegal, Guinea Bissau and Guinea.
Unfortunately electricity and internet connection are in short supply in this part of the world and so I haven’t been able to add titles or descriptions. Hopefully I’ll get chance at a later date.

I was looking through some of my recent photos and thought I’d put together a calendar of some of favorite images from the first few months of my trip.
So here’s the calendar for 2010 - I make a small amount from the sale of these calendars and will be donating this to the charity, Welbodi [...]

“Knowledge is like a Baobab tree, one person’s arms cannot encompass it.” - African proverb
On the ride from St. Louis towards The Gambia, we have passed many impressive baobab trees and one evening we even camped beneath one.  I thought I’d share with you some of the photos…
The Baobab tree, Adansonia digitata, can grow to [...]

A collection of photos from the last few days in St. Louis…
Went to a concert last night of El Hadj N’Diaye - his group play traditional Senegalese folk music. Staying another night now too since there’s more music happening on the beach this afternoon.
I’m loving St. Louis - it’s a great town to relax [...]

In search of a beer - Photos from Nouadhibou, Mauritania to St. Louis in Senegal…

Made it into Nouadhibou in Mauritania, having crossed the Western Sahara in little more than six days. It was good, but time for a break…. There’s more desert where I’m headed!

Photos from the last few days. Cycling from Guelmim, the gateway to the Sahara; to Laayoune, the first major town in the disputed Western Sahara which has been well and truly claimed by Morocco.

Having a second rest day before cycling again tomorrow. There’ll be no more breaks for the next 800km to Nouadhibou in Mauritania. And [...]