Ramadan Rookie !!!! You Ramadan rookie !!!!!! this my fourth tour of duty so to speak, but sounds more leniant in Egypt than it is here, no eating or drinking, swallowing or smoking in public and bugger all restaurants are open and the ones that are, are all balcked out, anyways im outta here in two weeks for a while, so doubt youll make it whilst im here, so ill guess ill see you when i see you
A Comment from Hornsby Awesome photos! Although you have seemed to go a bit nuts with the old "Ctrl V"... Loved the story about the pervy goat. Although the thought of it charging you down in the nud is even better! Take care bud. John Key sends his regards.
Sounds like a grand time...having showers with goats and bogan laps in Jordan...bet you never thought that would happen! That photo of the old roman building (is it a library) carved out of the rock is amazing! All the classics lectures are flooding back!
Stay safe and don't get too friendly with the goats!
Tourist Trap Given the number of prople in the photos, I couldn't see you hanging about the pyramids too long... When you say pricey, I'm curious - what goes for a rip-off in Egypt?
all by myself yip it's just me and my bike now. But Dan will be in Cairo soon so we should catch up in a week or so. As for the beard, it's probably here to stay, so many Egyptians ask me if I'm Muslim because of it. When I say 'no religion' it's like they've seen a ghost!
pyramids call me negative but I'd had about enough of the pyramids, all the dodgy salesman and the annoying package tourists and their buses after about an hour. So I didn't really hang round, and going inside was a complete rip-off so I refrained from that activity.
Hmmm, those photos look like you have just photo-shopped yourself in front of those pyramids and sphinx...
Seriously though...it looks awesome, and yes I'm very jealous. Are you all by yourself now?
And do something about that beard...
The most densely populated city on earth I went to the Tait gallery in London where they had an exhibit on megalopolises (however you spell that). Surprisingly to me, Cairo is the most densely populated city on earth, ahead of Tokyo, New York, Shanghai or Mumbai. London itself has quite a low density.
On another note, looking very hairy! Don't get yourself too ripped off, and I hope you got your bike fixed good and proper!
revenge? I notice that, since you were denied access to Algeria there have been a couple of terror bombings there... explosive-packed bicycles, they reckon.
Appearently, you're meant to forget the visa and bribe the border guards, slip a note into your passport, it comes back sans note and there's no need for a suicide charge on the border-crossing
No such Algeria Hey buddy - glad to hear you're still alive and well despite the harsh rejection at the border. Hmmm, perhaps those beards were too extreme even for the Algerians...?
tragedy No! Our hairy pedaling Thelma and Louise have split up. And they didn't reach their destination. Say it isn't so!
Or, like every great road movie, is this the scene before the climax when the unlikely couple split up and head their separate ways, mission uncompleted, before realising that they need each other, reunite, and kick some baddies' ass?
Go on, guys you can do it. Turn back to the border and have a crack at option B.
mate I started at -3m (in the Netherlands). Actually we did start in Marakesh, which is probably around 600m. Old Emu must have climbed to around 20 meters, he's good on the hills that that one.
Opreation Sanson Don't hassle Emu, the 8-year-old he's hired to type up his blog is probably very satisfied with their standard of work ;)
2,260 meters - that's pretty solid, especially since you started somewhere down around 0... And what with all that facial wind resistance!
sucker-puncher one of the reasons you've got to love kees is that with his notorious sense of humour itts impossible to know whether his repeated writing of 'puncher' when he means 'puncture' is geninue ignorance or a stuble long-term joke intended to sucker someone into correcting him, which would be met by some cleverly crafted pre-prepared punchline, probably involving an obsecure reference to middle-eastern politics or the use of the word 'sanson'.
Loving the stories Hey guys, keep it up. I still have no idea where you are (the photos suggest somewhere north of Waiouru?) but I'm loving hearing about the adventures.
revolution a people's revolution in a dictatorial state - or would that be a democratic revolution in an islamic state?? Mate I havn't a clue about politics, We're just here in Morocco seeing the country from our package tour bus window and we only go to touristy places.
Crazy motherf##kers! I always knew you had a screw or two loose up in that skull, but this latest North Africa mission you two are embarking on is one worth of ole Che - minus that internal combustion engine. Write some diaries (I guess that is a blog) and start a people's revolution in a dictatorial state - or would that be a democratic revolution in an islamic state? Good luck in the sweltering heat, I do hope you survive and live to tell the tale! I am parked up in Belgium at the moment so if you want a place to couchsurf whilst drinking the best beer in the world, you know where my online place is at.
The mummybot
punchers lots of dudes punching you out there, eh?
mate, 1300km, 1 puncture, no chain breaks - that's why i took my bike from nz, the one with the computer.
Been to J-Land and back again...off to the Big C this weekend (Canberra) for my internship. I shall email you a Japan update soon. Your North African trip so far sounds awesome. Take care and don't get knocked off your bike!
Welcome To The Arab World Brothers I strongly suggest you keep those beards, when you get in to the rural areas you'll see why. Also If any man smiles at you and says "dig, dig" get out of there as quick as your bike will carry you.
Also the arabic word for bus station is mahattat (station) bassat (plural of bus)
and hadoot means border
I've been all round the show: started in Bali, travelled up Indo to Malaysia and Thailand, ran to Germany then spent time in the Netherlands, Belgium, Belize and France. Caught up with a mate Dan, went to Spain together and brought bikes in Seville. We then rode along the southern Spainish coastline then crossed over to Morocco where we spent a month cyling around. Upon arrival at the Algerian border, they said No so we said oh damn- we have to turn around and go back. Dan decided that Tunisia without a visa was the place for him to go, and then onto Italy. I thought it through and decided to ... full info
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Ramadan Rookie !!!!
You Ramadan rookie !!!!!! this my fourth tour of duty so to speak, but sounds more leniant in Egypt than it is here, no eating or drinking, swallowing or smoking in public and bugger all restaurants are open and the ones that are, are all balcked out, anyways im outta here in two weeks for a while, so doubt youll make it whilst im here, so ill guess ill see you when i see you