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Hi, my name is Thomas Andersen. In October 2010 I left Denmark by bicycle, not knowing what to expect. What followed was an epic journey.
I have cycled through Eastern Europe learning all about the local beer, I have been chased by dogs in Turkey. I have pedalled through Syria before the war. I have been a celebrity in Malaysia, and worked on a huge cattle station in Australia.
I spent the year of 2014 cycling through South America which looked like this!
In 2016 I flew to Cape Town and cycled back to Denmark where it all started 6 years earlier.
I hope you will enjoy your stay on this site. Come along by checking out the diary below, and also the feeds on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.
Distance: 128.2 km
Ride time: 6:55:49
Average: 18.5 km/h
Max speed: 65.9 km/h
Total: 50305 km
I'm continuing through the rolling hills of southern Uganda - all in all a very nice and comfortable ride ...
Distance: 100.1 km
Ride time: 5:17:48
Average: 18.9 km/h
Max speed: 52.6 km/h
Total: 50177 km
It had been quite a change to arrive in Rwanda and experience such a well-organized country in the middle ...
Distance: 83.1 km
Ride time: 4:30:51
Average: 18.5 km/h
Max speed: 54.2 km/h
Total: 50077 km
I had only enjoyed a single rest day in Kigali, but I felt I was in the mood for ...
Distance: 86.9 km
Ride time: 4:46:51
Average: 18.2 km/h
Max speed: 50.0 km/h
Total: 49994 km
Do you see the difference in the photo below and every other photo I have uploaded from Africa? Yes, ...
Distance: 94.1 km
Ride time: 6:09:19
Average: 15.3 km/h
Max speed: 60.5 km/h
Total: 49907 km
Today the plan was to cross into Rwanda - the country of a thousand hills. Well, as I have ...
Distance: 88.2 km
Ride time: 6:04:53
Average: 14.5 km/h
Max speed: 55.8 km/h
Total: 49813 km
It had been an incredible 700 km dirt ride over the last two weeks through a very remote corner ...
Distance: 122.0 km
Ride time: 7:55:02
Average: 15.4 km/h
Max speed: 50.0 km/h
Total: 49725 km
Good morning from a small guesthouse in the middle of nowhere in Africa :-)
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Distance: 114.7 km
Ride time: 7:08:02
Average: 16.1 km/h
Max speed: 52.6 km/h
Total: 49603 km
It's a beautiful ride out here in the remote hills of eastern Tanzania. Especially in the mornings when the ...
Distance: 92.2 km
Ride time: 6:34:32
Average: 14.0 km/h
Max speed: 49.0 km/h
Total: 49488 km
My original plan had been to cycle through Burundi on the way to Rwanda. Several cyclists have done this ...
Jakobsen is a common Scandinavian name, so when I heard there was a place called Jakobsen Beach outside of Kigoma I obviously had to visit. I'm glad I did, not ...
