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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.
It was a cold and rainy Addis Ababa night when a blue Lada taxi took me to the airport with my bike on the roof. The taxi driver was grossly ...
I knew it would be a 12 hour bus ride back to Addis Ababa, so I was at the bus station early. To my surprise it wasn't possible to buy ...
Distance: 91.7 km
Ride time: 5:25:12
Average: 16.9 km/h
Max speed: 48.2 km/h
Total: 52884 km
The day started with a climb straight up to 2300 meters, completely with hair pins and everything. I tried ...
Distance: 82.6 km
Ride time: 4:04:19
Average: 20.3 km/h
Max speed: 49.3 km/h
Total: 52792 km
Compared to the central part of the country, life is getting tougher up here in the northern part ...
Distance: 76.6 km
Ride time: 3:37:05
Average: 21.2 km/h
Max speed: 44.3 km/h
Total: 52709 km
What an enjoyable day on the bike! The distance to Bahrir Dar was only 75 kilometers - most of ...
Distance: 70.8 km
Ride time: 3:57:53
Average: 17.9 km/h
Max speed: 53.6 km/h
Total: 52632 km
Another day in the mountains of Ethiopia, hanging out between 2100 and 2600 meters above sea level. Putting in ...
Distance: 105.2 km
Ride time: 5:42:27
Average: 18.4 km/h
Max speed: 56.2 km/h
Total: 52561 km
Cycling through this part of Ethiopia involves at least two things; hills and rain. Today my altitude went up ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
