Road to Cape Town

Hi friends, This is what the halfway point looks like: reunited with the Atlantic ocean in Accra, Ghana. I'm very happy with the way my cycling journey has been going so far. As you may have noticed I have been positively surprised by the kindness and openness of the people I meet along the road. Before setting out on this trip, I was expecting to write mostly about cycling and nature. But the "people" part has...

Dear friends, family members, acquaintances, ex-colleagues, Russian spam-bots (I know it's you Wladimir), and people of the internet who clicked on this website by accident:   Happy New Year! I am sitting in a cyber cafe in downtown Accra, the capital city of Ghana. Although New Year's eve was two nights ago, and despite the limited visual effects in broad daylight, I can still hear fireworks outside. As I am writing on computer 13, I am...