Cycling Angola

Cycling 2800 KM in Angola in February and March 2014, the most positive surprise among my whole Trans-African journey. This video features the 12-hour chata trip around the Congo river mouth between Cabinda and Soyo, the sand road until N'zeto, the new roads in the mountains of Quibaxe and Golungo Alto, the non-existent roads and dugout canoe passages in the Landos around Kixinge and Longanhia, the mountain roads around Uku-Seles, Lubango, its carnival, Christo-rei and Tundavala, the Serra-da-Leba road, the last rains of the rainy season in the Cunene province around Otchinjau, and some big caterpillars. What the video doesn't say is that with Dave (at 16:15), we needed 2-3 hours to clean the sticky mud from the 50-meter stretch between our tents and the gravel road. Nor does it say that I have been taken to police stations almost every day for looking suspicious (and for being a cycle-tourist, or for taking pictures (for example, of the valley at 10:10) without "authorization"). More details and stories on: http://freewheely.com/category/angola More photos on: http://www.flickr.com/photos/jbdodane... Places traveled: Cabinda, Soyo, Kavugi, N'zeto, Ambriz, Caxito, Ucua, Quibaxe, Ngonguembo, Dondo, Cambambe, Kixinge, Mumbondo, Longanhia, Porto-Amboim, Sumbe, Uku-Seles, Atome, Chila, Bocoio, Balombo, Ganda, Chicuma, Caluquembe, Vatuco, Cacula, Lubango, Cristo-Rei, Tundavala, Bibala, Serra-da-Leba, Humpata, Jau, Chibia, Quihita, Cahama, Otchinjau, Tapella, Chitado, Ruacana.