Exploring Sudan (Photo: Emily O'Dell)
Life is like riding a bicycle.
To keep your balance you must keep moving.
— Albert Einstein letter to his son Eduard, 1930
Last week, a brave group of cyclists hit the road in Africa to kick off the Tour d’Afrique, a 12,000 kilometer cycling trip from Khartoum, Sudan to Cape Town, South Africa. This adventurous road trip through nine countries is expected to take four months.
One of the biggest challenges of the tour is pedaling through the sandstorms of northern Sudan–near where I excavated a Nubian temple in December. Though the desert of Sudan is one of my favorite places in the world to be, I can’t imagine riding a bike through it. To learn more about this strenuous trek, please click here…
