Soliloquy of a Wandering Pilgrim

I have already written about the background, planning and preparation of my cycling across the Sahara. I also have provided a brief outline ( itinerary with distances, observations and notes) of my journey ( March 2017) in my previous blog post. It can be found here: Read my previous post    Read the Sahara Quartets   In this post I will cover two major aspects of the journey:  1-The routes/roads of the Sahara.  2- A description (in a precise form 😊 ) of my ride. Instead of a narrative that describes my daily preoccupations and the subsequent events that came my way, I have broken it down in 5 stages.  Disclaimer:  Before you read on please understand that I do not consider myself a cyclist. I simply find the bicycle a wonderful companion on a long journey. I have never had the time to set out around the globe, for months and years and cover millions of kilometers,though my admiration for those who can or could is nevertheless pr...

Across The Sahara on a Bicycle Between the things we get And the things we celebrate Flows a desert                            Lest we forget. #SaharaQuartet Background: My Africa My first exposure to the real Africa in 2005 after climbing Kilimanjaro. Scanned from slide. On top of Kilimanjaro in 2005 with a copy of Tathyakendra magazine. Scanned from slide I first visited Africa (Tanzania to be specific) in 2005. I hiked Kilimanjaro and came back home. It was just a tourist thing I did. But in spite of being wrapped up in an itinerary and a travel package of all things touristy; something very curious happened. I got even more inquisitive about Africa. I wanted to go back to Africa. Not as a tourist, but as a drifting wanderer, living an ever curious life. But for that I had to wait a good seven years. In 2011, while I was exploring the barriers of the Nanda Devi Sanctuary in ...