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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: 110.6 km
Ride time: 5:56:42
Average: 18.6 km/h
Max speed: 25.6 km/h
Total: 46459 km
It's now a month and a half and 2000 km since I entered Namibia - and it's all coming ...
Distance: 101.7 km
Ride time: 5:46:58
Average: 17.6 km/h
Max speed: 27.7 km/h
Total: 46348 km
After the close call with the truck last week, I felt I was somehow seeing things in a new ...
Distance: 101.0 km
Ride time: 6:08:41
Average: 16.4 km/h
Max speed: 22.0 km/h
Total: 46246 km
It felt good hitting the road again after the unwanted break in Windhoek. I was however looking over my ...
I had already spent 10 days in Windhoek in February applying (unsuccessfully) for a visa to Angola. Now, after the truck accident and a broken bike, I was on my ...
Distance: 75.0 km
Ride time: 4:18:15
Average: 17.4 km/h
Max speed: 28.1 km/h
Total: 46145 km
That's Angola over there on the other side of the river!
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Distance: 113.4 km
Ride time: 5:39:09
Average: 20.1 km/h
Max speed: 32.4 km/h
Total: 46070 km
I'm now entering the tiny strip of land between Angola and Botswana known as the Caprivi Strip. Due to ...
Distance: 145.3 km
Ride time: 7:02:40
Average: 20.6 km/h
Max speed: 37.1 km/h
Total: 45957 km
A long 145 kilometer cycling day made possible by the fact that the day started with 80 km of ...
Distance: 59.4 km
Ride time: 3:11:32
Average: 18.6 km/h
Max speed: 35.6 km/h
Total: 45812 km
After three days of lying down I was happy to be back on the bike for a short 3 ...
Distance: 63.5 km
Ride time: 3:35:11
Average: 17.7 km/h
Max speed: 48.2 km/h
Total: 45753 km
Normally I love cycling in hilly terrain, but with my back still in a questionable shape, the hills outside ...
Distance: 118.0 km
Ride time: 6:26:04
Average: 18.4 km/h
Max speed: 29.2 km/h
Total: 45689 km
Yesterday I had done a 10 minute ride around Otjiwarongo to check if the back pain would allow me ...
