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While in Dakar, I got supplies and spares for everything on my bike, except for the brake pads. I received the wrong type. I need the standard Magura pads, which are already hard to bump into by chance in Europe, let alone in Africa. For this kind of gear, one need to have at l...
In the morning, they also give me a flag of Gabon to put behind my bike, and we start cycling towards the south, still on the main road. Piste Rougier, named after the logging company We are still in the jungle and we see many logging trucks. We also spot many Chinese in 4×4 To...
but it is steep enough to make me unable to push: my feet are slipping backwards. I feel I have all the weight of the bike on my arms, and if I let it go, it will just slip downwards as well. Impossible to go up!
I have to deal twice with drunk guys at 6 pm, and it makes me support the enforcement of the ban on alcohol, always used as an addictive drug instead of a drink. I finally get to the central hotel at 50 dh, finish off my legs by carrying my loaded bike over 2 floors after 132 ...
The next day I pass through Louga. I meet someone from Dôle, which makes Franche-Comté very international after the doctor in Djoudj told me about his friend from … Pontarlier. I leave my bike for a while to walk and do some shopping in the relatively big town. ...