Our Feature in the latest OnTap Magazine (Winter Edition 2018)

Hi Everyone!

OnTap Magazine has featured an article about our 2017 bike trip down Africa. Where we got to share our story about not only cycling all that way... but also tasting all those refreshing beers!

Get yourself an electronic copy via their website, or a hardcopy via subscription, in most South African airport lounges, or at your local South African craft brewery and homebrew supply stores.

Hope you enjoy it.

Regards,

Mike T

NEWS: Update on our progress

7th May 2017 - Sunday

Hi All!

Some of you would have noticed that our blog is a bit behind when compared to where we actually are "on the map" in real-time. 

Rest assured that we are fine, and soon after we arrive in Cape Town, this "lag" in blog posts will become irrelevant while the blog will hopefully remain otherwise relevant. Perhaps as a sort of memoir of our travels through Africa from Cairo to Cape Town and either inspiration for those who wish to follow their own dreams, and/or a source of information of sorts for those who are planning to do the TDA themselves someday.

Now that we are in South Africa, the cellular network signal has improved dramatically.
Connectivity is better than before, and we will "roll-out" outstanding blog posts as far/fast as humanly possible; without worrying tooooo much about it.


On that note, and with the improved connectivity, we have placed some additional photographs within older posts... so you can check them out at your leisure, here:

• Day 95: Nata Lodge to Bush Camp (Flooded Roads & Baobabs)
• Day 96: Bush Camp to Maun (And a different bike...)
• Day 97:  Rest Day in Maun (Coffee Shop visits & Relaxation)
• Day 98: Maun to Bush Camp (Happy Baobabs & Team Tactics)
• Day 99: Bush Camp to Ghanzi (Thick Sand & the Team Time-trial)

Day's 101 of our tour onwards... will be posted soon :)
And, as always, thank you for reading along!


Cheers, 
Mike & Judith

Mike & Judith - Day 97

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No Comms Until We Reach Ethiopia - All fine.

No/very little communication + poor signal available on this stretch of  tour.
Should have comms again when we reach Ethiopian border.
Will update blog after.

All fine - have satellite phone for any emergencies.
Regards to all, Mike T.

- sent via text message


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Blog Update: January 2017

Hi all, 

We have added the following updates to the blog. 

• 'Follow' option:
Follow the blog by clicking on 'follow' at the top right-hand corner. 

• Route Map:
The trip's route map has been added to the Tour d'Afrique info tab. However, remember that riders are no longer cycling through Ethiopia. 

• Blog Post Labels:
Scroll down a little and you will see the blog post label cloud on the right-hand side. Here you can select a label and read all posts which have been tagged with that label. Labels work much in the same way as hashtags. #bloglabels

• Comments:
The comments feature has been added to the end of every blog post. Feel free to join in on the discussion, or simply leave some words of encouragement :)


We will try and add a neat feature to the blog each month to keep it fresh and interesting, although I am sure the tour itself will keep us all well enthralled!

All the best, 
Ken

Route Map - TDA 2017

NEWS: TDA 2017 Route Update

Due to an unstable security situation in Ethiopia the last few months, and with a state of emergency still in place, the TDA realised the need to make plans for a new adventure in Africa.

TDA has confirmed that the tour will not cycle through Ethiopia. 

The participants will instead make their way to Nairobi from Khartoum where the tour will re-commence on an exciting new route that includes two new countries they have never offered before. 

The Lakes in Kenya, West of Nairobi

You can see the breakdown of the new sections on the TDA website via their latest post  titled "5 Reasons We Are Excited about the New African Route".