Distance: 70.2 km Ride time: 4:31:22 Average: 15.5 km/h Max speed: 48.2 km/h Total: 52456 km After yesterday’s marathon climb, today’s ride was more of a manageable kind; 70 km along the rolling hills of central Ethiopia. I had loaded another 5 hours of podcasts onto my phone, and with those playing in my ears [ Read More ]
Distance: 71.7 km Ride time: 5:31:51 Average: 13.0 km/h Max speed: 43.6 km/h Total: 52386 km Today I would be crossing the Blue Nile which originates at Lake Tana further up north in Ethiopia. The Nile runs through a spectacular 1500 meter deep valley – which I would have to descend on one side and [ Read More ]
Distance: 78.2 km Ride time: 5:07:37 Average: 15.3 km/h Max speed: 47.5 km/h Total: 52314 km Another climbing day in the mountainous landscape of northern Ethiopia. The roads around here are not super steep, but the climbs long and steady. It all climaxed at 3100 metres of altitude which is the highest I have been [ Read More ]
Distance: 82.3 km Ride time: 5:35:12 Average: 14.7 km/h Max speed: 48.2 km/h Total: 52236 km Thanks to the hospitality shown by Sakti and his wife, I had enjoyed my stay in Addis Ababa tremendously – even though the outcome of my visa applications had not been in my favour. After the challenging cycling in [ Read More ]
I think Addis Ababa is the capital I have visited with the most construction (I haven’t been to China on this trip but I imagine that would be something similar). In every direction you look you see new buildings popping up. Sakti who have lived here for a number of years says that certain areas [ Read More ]
Distance: 67.0 km Ride time: 4:21:23 Average: 15.4 km/h Max speed: 37.1 km/h Total: 52154 km It had been a rough ride along the lakes of central Ethiopia, and I was now very much looking forward to a break. I was only 67 kilometers from Addis Ababa as I left in the morning. The capital [ Read More ]
Distance: 89.1 km Ride time: 3:56:47 Average: 22.6 km/h Max speed: 42.5 km/h Total: 52087 km A strong tail wind was blowing me along lake Ziway and lake Gelila towards the city of Mojo – yes, isn’t that a cool name? With the above average speed I thought I would arrive at my destination just [ Read More ]
Distance: 86.4 km Ride time: 3:48:57 Average: 22.6 km/h Max speed: 52.6 km/h Total: 51998 km I had felt completely drained for energy as I arrived in Sashamane last night. To some degree due to the 129 kilometers of cycling, but mostly because of the stone throwing kids. Luckily a good night of sleep always [ Read More ]
Distance: 129.2 km Ride time: 7:00:09 Average: 18.5 km/h Max speed: 58.7 km/h Total: 51912 km After the burning hot days near Lake Turkana it was something different to wake up in the clouds at 2000 meters above sea level. It took an hour before I had descended below the fog again. The road would [ Read More ]
Distance: 125.3 km Ride time: 6:53:30 Average: 18.2 km/h Max speed: 50.8 km/h Total: 51783 km Cities in Ethiopia are like safe havens; you can cycle around in relative anonymity and the kids will mostly leave you alone. Once again the butterflies were back as I left Arba Minch in the morning and headed into [ Read More ]
