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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: 112.6 km
Ride time: 7:22:17
Average: 15.3 km/h
Max speed: 47.5 km/h
Total: 44829 km
I woke up to a surprisingly chilly morning in my tent in the Namibian desert. Lovely to ride the ...
Distance: 116.9 km
Ride time: 7:50:07
Average: 14.9 km/h
Max speed: 34.2 km/h
Total: 44716 km
Knowing that I would be doing a lot of climbing in the beginning of the day, I was on ...
Distance: 58.7 km
Ride time: 5:13:56
Average: 11.2 km/h
Max speed: 36.0 km/h
Total: 44599 km
I had woken up with some sudden stomach cramps during the night, realizing the problem must have come from ...
Distance: 97.6 km
Ride time: 6:51:52
Average: 14.2 km/h
Max speed: 45.4 km/h
Total: 44540 km
As I was having my breakfast at a gas station in the border town of Noordoewer, I had no ...
Distance: 120.2 km
Ride time: 6:41:49
Average: 18.0 km/h
Max speed: 52.2 km/h
Total: 44442 km
It seems to me that shops are closing very early in South Africa. Here in Springbok, even the fast ...
Distance: 98.0 km
Ride time: 6:50:24
Average: 14.3 km/h
Max speed: 44.6 km/h
Total: 44322 km
Last time I had pitched my tent was on Newfoundland in Canada back in September. Now I had just ...
Distance: 97.0 km
Ride time: 6:17:19
Average: 15.4 km/h
Max speed: 52.2 km/h
Total: 44224 km
Wise from experience I was on the road by 6:30 - undoubtedly the best part of the day to ...
Distance: 55.2 km
Ride time: 4:27:44
Average: 12.4 km/h
Max speed: 43.6 km/h
Total: 44127 km
As I left the friendly couple at the Hanzu B&B in Lutzville, their goodbye warning was "watch out out ...
Distance: 72.1 km
Ride time: 3:56:44
Average: 18.3 km/h
Max speed: 55.1 km/h
Total: 44072 km
What better way to start the day than with a nice little milestone to celebrate! 44.000 kilometers have taken ...
Distance: 26.1 km
Ride time: 2:14:33
Average: 11.6 km/h
Max speed: 25.2 km/h
Total: 43995 km
I woke up to the sound of waves in my hut, and as I started cycling I could hear ...
