29000km is a lot of kilometres but that’s exactly what the legs of steel of Adi & Fabian have cycled in the past year and half. Their journey is now reaching its final stages with only three countries to go: Angola, Namibia and South Africa, but that’s the future. Today we will go through the Africa of Kings and…
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[EN] Cycling Cape 2 Cape: Into the heart of Africa
I think it’s safe to say that these guys have super powers. By now they are sort of a “Malariamen” who have survived the virus at least four or five times and, somehow, managed to keep cycling through some of the least developed countries in the world where roads are practically mud. Since we last met – and I apologize…
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[EN] Cycling Cape 2 Cape: The beginning of Africa and loads of desert
We have reached the point where two Swiss guys are more tanned than me. It’s sad, but it’s true. Anyway, there are more important things to talk about! Adi and Fabian have spent their Christmas and New Year’s in some very deserted lands and they are now close to have completed half of their kilometres goal (32 000). The past…
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2018: O resumo
Comecei 2018 sem muito entusiasmo. O ano de 2017 tinha sido o melhor ano de sempre com direito a 6 meses de viagem a solo pela Ásia e Oceânia e marcado também pelo começo do meu mestrado em Milão. Contudo, era certo que em 2018 o ritmo das viagens ia abrandar e tinha sobre a minha cabeça aquela pergunta típica…
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[EN] Home for All: here, there’s a burning hope for a fresh start
They say the calm comes after the storm. In Lesvos this calmness seems reluctant in coming, but there are some slim beams of light ripping through the clouds. And those rays of sun are NGOs and volunteers who work tirelessly to make the lives of refugees a little easier. Today I want to talk to you about a very unique…
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[EN] Cycling Cape2Cape: The End of the European Tour
And just like that, the European leg of Adi & Fabian’s cycling adventure is over. They crossed 12 counties, cycled 12 000 (!!!) kilometres and got a brilliant cycling tan. Eight months of different roads, landscapes and cultures. Still, it was Europe. The real adventure starts now, in Africa, the wildest continent in the world, where basically everything can happen.…
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Home for All: aqui fervilha a esperança de um recomeço
Dizem que depois da tempestade vem a bonança. Em Lesvos essa bonança parece teimar em chegar, mas existem alguns raios de sol que rasgam a escuridão da tempestade. E esses raios de sol são as ONG’s e os voluntários que trabalham incansavelmente para tornar a vida dos refugiados um bocadinho mais leve. Hoje quero falar-vos de um projecto muito especial…
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Moria: Um inferno onde as chamas não param de arder
English version here No verão de 2015 não havia telejornal que não abrisse com a crise de refugiados no mediterrâneo. Nesse ano 1 milhão de pessoas à procura de asilo entrou na Europa, tornando esta crise na maior alguma vez registada no nosso continente. Mas, enquanto no início as pessoas que iam chegando conseguiam tratar das burocracias necessárias em poucos…
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[EN] Cycling Cape 2 Cape: The UK and Ireland Tour
It’s hard to believe that more five months have passed since Adi and Fabian started their cycling journey. I have managed to see them twice already during their trip, both times in the UK, and had the opportunity to catch up a bit with them and learn about their stories. However, everything is better when shared and here’s this post…
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[EN] From Nordkapp to Brussels: Cycling the first 5000 km
Remember the three guys that, three months ago, started a trip of a lifetime going from Norkapp in Norway to Capetown in South Africa by bike? Well, they have now completed over 5000 km in 3 months and are well into their trip. And I’m dying to know how it has been going! So I’m using this second interview to…