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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: 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 ...
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). ...
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 ...
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 - ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Distance: 84.3 km
Ride time: 5:12:14
Average: 16.2 km/h
Max speed: 52.6 km/h
Total: 51658 km
Yesterday I got my baptism of fire (and stones) by the Ethiopian kids. I had tried to prepare myself ...
Distance: 110.2 km
Ride time: 7:26:19
Average: 14.8 km/h
Max speed: 52.6 km/h
Total: 51574 km
The German cycling couple Tine and Joerg were early risers and we were all on the road by 6.30 ...
Distance: 81.3 km
Ride time: 6:23:46
Average: 12.7 km/h
Max speed: 40.7 km/h
Total: 51464 km
After talking to the road engineers yesterday I knew I would be back on dirt roads today. What is ...
