Wednesday, 24th Jan, 2007

From Wadi Halfa to Desert Camping

Yep, back to desert camping. But nothing in Egypt matched this. This is REALLY desert!

Sand, sand, sand. Beautiful desert. Hot. Hard riding on sand. Only fell once, but came to a stop several times in sand. Passed no villages, very little signs of life whatsoever. Only a few trucks passed the whole day. The drivers were always friendly but shocked, "What are you doing out here?" they'd ask. We really are in the middle of nowhere.

I was very tired and delighted when I reached camp (together with Duncan, Dean, Elaine, and Rachel, who all rode the last 20 km with me). Hard day for everybody. Almost everybody fell in the sand at least once.

Played a bit of backgammon at camp with Alice this evening. That was fun.

------------------ TODAY ---------------- TOTAL
Cycled ------------ 63 km (40 mi) --------- 902.5 km (554.5 mi)
Sagged ------------- 0 ---------------------- 165 km (108.5 mi)
Total -------------- 63 km (40 mi) --------- 1,067 km (663 mi)
In saddle ---------- 5 hrs 41 min ----------- 52 hrs 8 min
Ascended ---------- 1,008 feet ------------- 9,250 feet