Peter Gostelow
Adventure cycling, Photography, Writing
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Peter Gostelow is an English born adventure cyclist and public speaker, clocking up more than 50,000 miles in over 60 countries by bicycle. He holds a degree in Geography from the University of London and is a qualified English language teacher, having lived and taught English in Japan. Peter has undertaken two major solo and unsupported bicycle journeys. The first of which took him from Japan-England in...
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Photography plays an important part in Peter’s tours, providing a motivation to explore different roads and the places he cycles through and stays in. The photos in these albums cover everything from landscapes to portraits and street scenes. They display the diversity and beauty of the World, as seen both on and off the saddle. Local rest house.Bike taxi near MulanjeChicken sellerCafe wall...
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Peter has spoken to a wide range of audiences within schools and businesses about his bicycle journeys, both home and abroad, touching upon topics and issues that interest people of all age-groups. His talks are tailored to fit both audience and time-frame, using entertaining and educational accounts of his journeys to illustrate the importance of: Self motivation Risk-assessment Goal-setting and planning...
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Researching what gear to take on a bike tour is an important part of pre-departure planning, and it’s easy to spend a long time, sometimes too long, deciding what particular tent or sleeping bag is the right one when there are so many to choose from. Having spent plenty of time on the road in a range of different environments, this page shares some of the gear Peter has used on tour. For those...
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During The Big Africa Cycle Peter helped to fundraise over £15,000 for the Against Malaria Foundation, an organisation helping to prevent malaria through the use of insecticide-treated mosquito nets. This helped purchase over 5000 mosquito nets. Malaria is one of Africa’s biggest killers and a huge impediment to development in many sub-saharan countries. Mosquito nets are the most simple and...
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Testing out komoot
Still here – if anyone is reading…. Well it’s almost 2 years since I posted something. The silence can be attributed to a lack of time – significant time anyhow, exploring on two wheels....
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A short tour of England and Wales
In July 2016 I managed to squeeze in a 12-day cycling trip of England and Wales. I say squeeze as a week later I was back in Saudi Arabia, where I moved shortly after finishing my Mwanza-Muscat tour. Don’t...
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Back on the road: Mwanza-Muscat
I’m back on the road in Africa. In June 2015 I departed Mwanza, Tanzania on another two-wheeled adventure. The destination is Muscat, Oman. For more details and blog posts head over to The Big Africa Cycle....
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Africa Calendar 2014
Following on from last year’s Big Africa Cycle Calendar I’ve decided to put together another collection of images for 2014. Since May this year I’ve been living and working in the city of Mwanza,...
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Photo Story: Rwanda
Rwanda is one of the most scenic and challenging countries I’ve cycled through in Africa. Le pays de milles collines (land of a thousand hills), as it’s sometimes called, seems a rightly justified...
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Photo Story: Congo (DRC)
You wouldn’t know this picture was taken on a boat unless I told you. I have no idea how many people were on board those two Congo River barges. I don’t think the captain who powered the tug boat...
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Photo Story: Central African Republic
They emerged from the forest just as I was cycling past. Exactly where and for how long they’d been out hunting I have no idea. Communication, at least in a manner of pointing and miming, centered on the gun and...
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Bicycle taxis are common in Malawi, particularly on flat roads like this one beneath Mount Mulanje, Malawi's highest mountain at 3002m. And yes, that's a little baby bundled up and being carried by a young mother.
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In rural Malawi, as in many parts of rural Africa, it often seems like every young woman carries a baby on her back. Statistics speak for themselves. Less than 3% of girls in Malawi continue to secondary education, and almost 50% are married by the time they are 18. Over the last 35 years the population here has more than trebled to 19 million! Yet despite Malawi being one of Africa's poorest countries, I found the people here amongst the friendliest; just one of many reasons I'd recommend a visit - by bicycle of course.
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