Bike of good hope

We only visit Rwanda briefly. We recovered our bad stomachs, laid around the swimingpool and hung out with some friends for a couple of days. We then cycle straight on to the border of Tanzania. 26 jan We drag ourselfs from the nice poolside hostel in Kigali. We had a good recovery time. And in this picture we love the bread, which is not all white and sweet. We also spent time with both our bicyclist friends Crazy Canadian John who has tried to get himself in to Kongo Dr for

This is a 1 bedroom flat (only one room, no kitchen, no toilet) in a clayhouse in Southern Uganda. The place, 3 by 3 meters in size, is furnished with a raised bed, about 1 m above the dirt stamped floor for better usage of the space. There is one straw carpet on the floor, covering a small part, just like the ones you see people bringing to the beach. The bed is big enough for 6 kids and their grandma. Yes the whole bed like structure is in the picture. Made of wood, some ho

S:t Donati secondary school In Kyeshero there is a school called s:t Donati secondary school (there is also a primary school and a s:t Donati church). It is named after the christian saint Donatus but it also, of course, has as strong connection to the person who built them all, our host mr Donati himself. Though it should be mentioned that the villagers of Kyeshero were the ones naming the schools and the church. At the same day as Fredrik went to hospital with his unfortuna

We leave Uganda. The country on the equator with the average age less then 15 years old. Half of the population has less income then 1,25 USD per day. It is a country with a fast development together with other East African countries. It is also a country where we met both life and death, very close. We take with us a lot of experiences and some happy memmories. Read more about Uganda on wikepedia. It was the jobbigaste jävla skitmorgon for starting the day. We are well after

This post is about how we ride out of the jungle and reach a beautiful lake and the next day prepare to do a big charity. We woke up, camping in the pygmies’ lost forest catching very little sleep. We probably lay more comfortable on our inflatable mattresses then they usually do but nevertheless, we did not sleep good neither of us. A little scared of Pumba from the lion king or the sometimes very aggressive forest elephants. We did see fresh poop from elephants yesterday on

This post is about the most common type of houses we see in Uganda, how they are constructed and what architectural elements the builder plays with. It is always fun travelling, being an architect. In my first year of studies a whole new world became visible. I started looking at the buildings and not only the people or what was happening in the streets. Suddenly so much more was happening. I saw the base, the columns, the floors. How it was planned depending on where the ent

We visit the Pygmies and see how they used to live in the forest before they were driven out. We also go to bed ourselves in there lost forrest to see how it is to sleep in a real jungle. Pygmies or Batwa people meaning the poorest of the poorest. As I write this I am laying under a tree. It is dark. I listen to the sound of crickets and mosquitoes outside of the thin tent fabric. Every now and then we here branches brake. We stop breathing and turn the red headlamp off and l

This post is all in all about how Fredrik gets sick in Malaria and how you may eat some profylax pills or how to best avoid getting it. We tell mr Donati that we want to go to the school with about 75% orphants tomorrow and Donati makes some calls. Then we ask him to tell his story more thoroughly. He talks for a couple of hours, how he started with nothing, carried coffee from Kongo and slowly expanded his business in a thrilling life story. Once we wake up, Fredrik feels si

Funding: 102 USD Ewa Wyrwas; 20 USD Kristina Johansson (Use the money well!) In this post we meet the mighty gorillas, we walk far and wait long before the big silverback comes down to us. We decide to leave early next morning but we definitely want to come back again after a visit in the Bwindi impenetrable forest. We ride the last 10 km to the gorilla visitors office and we arrive only 10 minutes before today’s groups will start walking up the hill. No time to think about t

Now we leave Ishaka and get back on the roads towards the border of Kongo. On the way we discover a great amount of bats. This boy has made himself his own transporting pushbike like many in this region. The weels are of wood and some carry up to 400 kg on these bikes. We cycle up and down the dusty dirt roads towards Kongo. The hills are steep so we have to walk a lot. The roads are bumpy from the rain periods when the roads are flooded, so we stand up to balance the weight