Daniel Nanghaka is on a mission! His purpose is to experience his bike by way of each single African nation… and he’s off to an important begin!
Daniel, the place precisely have you ever gone in your bicycle excursions to date? And what precisely are your plans for the long run?
I used to be lately on the highway for one month and three weeks. I traveled from Kampala, Uganda by way of Tanzania, cross by way of Malawi and I entered Zambia and stopped the journey in Lusaka. I’m biking the Path Africa on bike and my intention is to finally go to all of the African nations.
What was your largest concern when planning or making ready in your journey by bike? And the way precisely did you overcome that concern?
My largest concern was encountering the wilderness and the assorted challenges that you just come up in opposition to on the highway. Particularly when you find yourself bicycle touring alone, you will have tons working in your thoughts and all you will have is you and your bike and the highway in entrance of your. I saved pushing as I lined numerous miles… and each mile I cycled impressed me to maintain going.
What was the factor you appreciated most about your bicycle touring expertise?
I liked the folks of Malawi and Zambia. That’s the place I had the perfect expertise to date. The folks have been so caring. I wish to bicycle tour by way of Malawi and Zambia once more.
What has been the worst a part of your bike experience to date?
I didn’t get pleasure from Tanzania a lot as a result of the gap between the cities the place so lengthy.
The opposite massive mistake I had was with my bike. It’s not a regular touring bicycle, so I carried a backpack that had my laptop computer in it… and this dragged me down rather a lot. Additionally, when the rain hit me my laptop computer non permanent stopped working, which was unhealthy, as a result of I used to be utilizing it to get maps and instructions from Google maps.
What one piece from the web site at www.bicycletouringpro.com helped you essentially the most in making ready in your bicycle tour?
I really like the how-to articles for they taught me rather a lot about what I wanted to know.
What sorts of bicycle excursions do you will have deliberate for the long run?
I will likely be conducting extra excursions quickly. Beginning October twenty eighth, 2013, I will likely be doing Kampala, Uganda to Bujumbura, Burundi by way of Rwanda. Then, if I get the air ticket to Abidjan, I’ll do the Trails in West Africa. After that I wish to full the Southern Nations – Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Swaziland, Lesotho, Botswana, Namibia. Then I’ll have a brief relaxation and plan the northern Trails.
What one piece of recommendation would you give to somebody who’s planning their first bicycle touring journey?
Dedication takes you an additional mile.
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