Africa by Bike
2004-2006

Rough Guides donated guidebooks to France, Spain, and most of Africa, which have been a great help in finding our way!

Camerashop.co.uk kindly supplied our digital photo equipment.

Thanks to Equip UK for Rab Down Sleeping bags and silk liners.

Also from Equip, our Cycleflex gloves, Titan Pan Set and various stuffsacks and guidebook covers.

Thanks to Dollond & Aitchison and Bausch & Lomb for 2 years supply of their excellent contact lenses.

We're using Aquapac products to protect our cameras and other gear from rain and dust.

Girlgear have supplied Anna with some excellent girl-sized, gell-padded cycling gloves.

Our helmets were provided by Italy's finest, Limar!

Many of the clothes we wear on and off the bikes come from the OutdoorScene range.

Thanks to Lyon Equipment we're using Ortlieb waterproof panniers.

Travelpharm helped out with our supplies of malaria prophylactics, mosquito net and travel soap.

A generous grant from the Sports Council for Wales' Overseas Expedition Fund was a great help.

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Orikaso sent us a selection of their innovative flat-pack plates, bowls and mugs.

Select Solar were extremely helpful in trying to put together a solar power solution for us.

Thanks to Sam, Rachel and Rich at the Orange House for their hospitality!

Cotswold Outdoor provided discounts when we bought our tent and various other items.

Lots of our camping gear, including stoves, pots & pans, Thermarests and more, was kindly supplied by Cascade Designs.

Thanks to Endura for discounts on their range of excellent cycle-specific clothing.

Wharf Cycles, East London's leading bike shop, helped us out with last minute bits & pieces.

Thanks to Tom and Jo for putting us up at their idyllic eco-lodge on the Ghanaian coast.

Bradt have supplied some of their excellent guidebooks to more off-the-beaten track destinations like Sudan, Nigeria and Rwanda.

And a massive thank you to Ethiopian Airlines who will be airlifting us over the troubled Darfur region of western Sudan!

Many thanks to Ibrahim Fadlallah at the Villa Hotel in Abuja for a few nights of R&R in luxury.

The German mapmaker Reise Know How have sent us some of their uncommonly good maps of East Africa.

Another very welcome few nights comfort thanks to Hotel le Sahel in N'Djamena, Chad.

Thanks to Gametrackers Safaris for providing places on one of their excellent safaris to Kenya's Masaai Mara.

... and to everyone at the Cool Breeze Hotel in Jinja...

... Nile River Explorers for a tent pitch and warm welcome at Bujagali Falls...

... the team at Red Chilli Hideaway in Kampala and Red Chilli Rest Camp in Murchison Falls National Park...

... and the Masindi Hotel in Masindi for a comfortable night there.

Bloc have kindly replaced our sunglasses after more than a year of continual use!

Thanks to the team at Mantana Tented Camp in the Kibale Forest for a very comfortable overnight and for feeding us so well!

And thank you to everyone at the scenic Lake Bunyonyi Overland Resort for putting us up...

... and the same to Travellers' Rest Hotel in Kisoro, Uganda.

Cateye have kindly sent us two shiny new cycle computers.

Thank you also to the staff and management at Karama Lodge for looking after us in Arusha...

... and to everyone at Klub Afriko Safaris, also in Arusha.

In Moshi, our thanks to the Leopard Hotel for putting us up.

A big thank you to Fran at Hippo Tours who has provided flight tickets to Zanzibar so we can have a holiday over Christmas!

We enjoyed two excellent meals courtesy of Mustafa at the Zanzibar Serena Inn - asante sana!