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Photo Story: Senegal

Posted by Peter Gostelow on Oct 25, 2012 in Photo Stories | 0 comments

Until my wallet got stolen from the Guest House room I was sleeping in at the time, I quite liked sleepy St Louis, the former capital of the French colony of Senegal. This photo of a shop front typified a scene...

The Big Africa Cycle Calendar 2013

Posted by Peter Gostelow on Oct 21, 2012 in Headlines | 0 comments

Selecting 12 pictures for a calendar is never easy when you have hundreds to choose from. I’ve given it a go and made a calendar from The Big Africa Cycle. I’d be delighted if you bought one and spread...

Photo Story: Mauritania

Posted by Peter Gostelow on Oct 18, 2012 in Photo Stories | 0 comments

Mauritania is almost all desert, as this picture clearly shows. That red road running down my map gave the impression I was next to the Atlantic, which I suppose I was. In truth I rarely saw the sea. It was...

Photo Story: Morocco

Posted by Peter Gostelow on Oct 11, 2012 in Photo Stories | 0 comments

Many of my fondest memories of places in Africa are connected with children. Smiles and waves would frequently greet me at the roadside as I cycled along, but there were also places where the incessant calls and...

Photo Story: Portugal

Posted by Peter Gostelow on Oct 4, 2012 in Photo Stories | 0 comments

Following the coast south from Lisbon I had company on the road for a week in Portugal. As the owner of a cycle touring company I let him make the decisions about route-planning, which encompassed the best of...

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10 Jul

Curiosity. This picture could have been taken in many rural locations in Africa. A small shop and a gathering of people, mostly young, wondering who the foreign visitor is on a bicycle. When I was less familiar with such scenes I often used to ask people, or at least ask mys…

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5 Jul

Rivers often form borders between countries. The Kagera River pictured here separates Uganda, where my tent is pitched, from Tanzania, where I was heading. The river is a major tributary of the Nile, flowing 400km from its source in Burundi, to Lake Victoria. I always enjoy …

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27 Jun

Wet and sticky mud in western Tanzania. Such stretches of road can bring trucks to a stop for many days, even weeks during the rainy season. Fortunately a bicycle can usually be pushed around the worst parts. Main roads in Tanzania have improved a lot over the past few decad…

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