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Party time at the Equator
Two months on the road, nearing our halfway point and suddenly we find ourselves with four days of unscheduled rest and relaxation. I can’t say that anyone’s complaining around here, in fact, some...
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Seattle Bike Expo
In or around Seattle this weekend? Come visit Tour d’Afrique at the Seattle Bike Expo (booth #341) and find what we have planned for your cycling future. Details here.
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Happy Birthday Albert!
Celebrating Einstein Today is the birthday of a small non-descript former patent clerk who, unlike any human being before him or after him, changed the world. I am not into celebrities but if he was...
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TDA Foundation Bicycle Donation in Arusha, Tanzania
The Reason Every year the riders who sign up to ride the 12,000kms from Cairo – Cape Town register for countless numbers of reasons. If not for the personal challenge and adventure, then sometimes...
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Visit us on the 2013 Orient Express.
Always wanted to do a TDA tour but not ready to commit yet? Find us in Europe this summer. Meet the Tour Leader and/or cycle with us for a day or two along the route. Long-time TDAer Shanny Hill will...
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Visit us on the 2013 North American Epic.
Always wanted to do a TDA tour but not ready to commit yet? Find us in North America this summer. Meet the Tour Leader and cycle with us for a day or two along the route. Cristiano Werneck will be...
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2103 Tour d’Afrique Female Race Winner – Bridget O’ Meara
South Africa’s female winner of the 2013 Tour d’Afrique Cairo to Cape Town, Bridget O’Meara, shares some of her memories and tips for the 2014 cyclists. Why did you decide to be a racer rather than a...
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Ragbrai 2013
Last Saturday TdA had a booth for the 2nd time at the RAGBRAI Expo in Council Bluffs, Iowa. Now in its 41st year RAGBRAI stands for The Register’s Great Bicycle Ride Across Iowa (The Register is the...
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2014 Tour d’Afrique & Egypt
Most likely everyone planning to join us on the Tour d’Afrique in 2014 is aware of the unrest in Egypt. Of course Egypt has not exactly been stable since January of 2011, but after the recent...
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Meet our newest baby…
We are extremely pleased to announce our newest long distance cycling expedition, Trans-Oceania and, at almost 10,800 kilometers from Singapore to Sydney, the 7th of our 7Epics. This adventure is...
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“My other gig is the Philly Bike Expo”
Before I can pack my bags (and bike) for Sudan to help staff the 2014 Tour d’Afrique I have a party to throw – a party in the form of the Philly Bike Expo! In addition to being assistant tour...
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I Must Be Mad – photos of the 2013 Tour dÀfrique
12 months before I departed up for the TdA, I whiled away my time either sitting on a beach in Western Australia or frantically working my way through a host of engagements as a Professional...
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Rest Day in Si Phan Don
in Laos it is known that ‘too much work is bad for your brain’ For us in North America, when someone says “no problem” we immediately think of Jamaica. In Laos, however, the translation would be “Baw...
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What do the Nubian Desert, Namibia and Philadelphia have in common?
These places don’t really have anything in common, except that these are the places I recently traveled to. Here is a summary of my travels and a few lessons I learned along the way. My hope is that...
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2013 Bamboo Road Cyclists Arrive in Singapore!
After almost 3 months, 7 countries & 8,000kms the riders and staff of the 2013 Bamboo Road Bicycle Expedition have arrived in Singapore. The 31 cyclists who had begun their adventure in Shanghai...
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TDA Foundation Donation Ceremony in Gondar, Ethiopia
Birgit Hermann explains what motivated her to fundraise for the Tour d’Afrique Foundation – “I wanted to race for a purpose and giving bikes to communities that we cycle through is a really good...
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2015 Tour d’Afrique Details Now Online
The 2014 tour is currently cycling thru Malawi. If you have been following along and are anxious to to get the details for the 2015 edition – they are now online for you to review. Dates, prices, and...
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Meeting Week at Toronto Office
Our response times to your inquiries might be a little slower than normal this week due to our annual company meetings happening here in Toronto. Some of our staff have flown from far and wide, while...
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THE PHOENIX STAGE
As if the Tour d’Afrique is not challenging enough, imagine riding 151 km on a “PHOENIX”! The participants of the 2014 TDA have benefited from our smaller group size. It makes food and water...
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New features on tourdafrique.com
We have just launched several updates to our website. Check them out below: What’s Included Every tour that we offer has a “What’s Included” page. These pages have been re-designed to give you a...
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