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Cycle-toured over 100,000km through 70+ countries. List of places to visit (preferably by bicycle) always growing.

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Southern Oman and an infinite desert landscape. Wh

Southern Oman and an infinite desert landscape. What was labelled as a main road on Google maps was in fact a gravel track that traversed a military base. I hadn't seen the base when planning the route - camouflaged as it was without zooming right in. Fortunately I was able to continue and fill up with water from the base. The next town was some 80km away. Although it was December, which is an ideal time to travel as temperatures rarely exceed 30°C, I always tried to carry at least 3 litres of water on the bike in Oman. When I had plenty of water and a few snacks I had little else to worry about on the road.
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Steep roads in southern Oman. Photos rarely do jus

Steep roads in southern Oman. Photos rarely do justice to road gradients. On a loaded bike anything more than a 15% incline reduces speed to little more than walking pace, but tough climbs are often rewarded with great views. This one looked out over the Arabian Sea as I rode south to what was a closed border with Yemen. After that boat journey from Somaliland (see previous post) I spent two months cycling through Oman, which is highly recommended if you like mountains, deserts, and sleeping under the stars.

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A few years ago I travelled by boat from Somalilan

A few years ago I travelled by boat from Somaliland to Oman, along with a cargo of 500 cows. The transportation of livestock, from countries in the Horn of Africa to Arabian gulf states such as Oman and Saudi Arabia, is something I knew little about until arriving in the port city of Berbera.
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Finding a boat wasn't difficult; seeking permission to journey on one was another matter. After some patience and perseverance I was able to board a large wooden dhow, of which there are many plying routes between Africa and the Arabian Peninsula.
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The fifteen man crew were all from the coastal state of Guijarat in India, which is where the vessel was built. The journey took 4 days and the seas were mostly calm. I had wanted to explore Yemen by bicycle, but a war was just starting so Oman seemed like a safer option. You can read more about this journey in the link in the bio.
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Making maps again. Covid permitting 🤞, I'm plan

Making maps. The plan had been to cycle tour this

As Somaliland has little official recognition outs

As Somaliland has little official recognition outside its borders (in Africa I think only in Ethiopia and Djibouti), the nation's flag isn't well known. However, inside of Somaliland it is hard not to come across the green white and red tricolour emblem, emblazoned over most shop fronts and public offices, and now sitting in the middle of the top tube on my bicycle. Who can name the other flags?
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Somaliland: Africa's best kept secret. At least th

Somaliland: Africa's best kept secret. At least the sign outside the Somaliland chancery in Addis Ababa said so. A former British protectorate until 1960, Somaliland declared itself to be unilaterally independent from neighbouring Somalia in 1991.
Reports I'd read suggested a police escort to travel here may be necessary. Fortunately I experienced nothing of the sort, although there were plenty of police check posts. After Ethiopia, cycling here was a breath of fresh air, and the people overwhelmingly welcome. While neighbouring Somalia deals with ongoing insecurity, Somaliland, which has little international recognition for the independence it continues to seek, prides itself on maintaining relative peace during the last several decades.
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Hyena camp. I hardly camped at all during the thre

Hyena camp. I hardly camped at all during the three months I spent cycling in Ethiopia. That wasn't through fear of hyenas, but the difficulty and hassle of finding somewhere suitable, away from the curious young eyes and unwanted attention that made some days much more challenging than cycling itself. Fortunately eastern Ethiopia, close to the border with Somalia, felt more relaxed. Less people, less kids chasing me and throwing stones - more hyenas perhaps...
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🐺My tent is pitched in no man's land here. That is, between the Ethiopian and Somalian border. Somaliland actually, but I'll get to that in another post. A few days previously I'd fed hyenas some butchers scraps in the historic city of Harar, a practice that has gone on for centuries to ensure the wild animals don't enter the city to feed on livestock, and people I guess. I'd also seen a good number of road kill victims, so wasn't entirely sure there wouldn't be hyenas roaming around my tent late at night. Perhaps there were, but fortunately I had little more than pasta and some biscuits in my bags.
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