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38 on Tour with <strong>ORTLIEB</strong> bernward elsel: bike together! 366 days · 18.600 kilometers on bike · 22 countries · 1 continent Bernward Elsel biked on his recumbent tandem from Germany to Cape Town, South Africa. His plan was to not only get to know the various countries, but also the people; therefore the second seat of the tandem bike was always free for spontaneous copassengers. I‘m sitting on my recumbent tandem bike together with Sibusiso, and we are biking through Malawi. He is black, and I‘m white. This fact alone causes curiosity and excitement among the people along the way, for travelling and sports are mostly a priviledge of white. people. Further wondering is caused by this special bike type. The people along the road keep on imitating our seat position and demonstrate the movement of pedalling with their hands. Anyone who has a bike at hand, gets on it and comes along to join us for a few miles. Looking back: I met Sibusiso in a small village where I spent the night. I was preparing my pasta on the campstove, and half of the village inhabitants watched and discussed my cooking. They were wondering what strange food the „Mzungu“, the white man, was cooking. Pasta is not known here, as their main food consists of corn and rice. Sibusiso is 24 years old. He waits for his results for admission to university. When I offer him to accompany me on my recument tandem bike to the next bigger city he is immediately excited. He tells everybody that he will join me on my magic bike. We will meet next morning. Right after sunrise he comes to see me at my tent and can hardly wait to leave. The technique of biking is quickly explained, and then we set off for the big adventure and leave for the town Mzuzu (75 km from here) with the whole village cheering. Sibusiso is fluent in English, and our conversation covers the cultural differences of Europe and Africa. We reach our target with many new impressions. He is very grateful for the trip and says it was one of the nicest days in his life. His return fare by bus is fincanced by donations that I collected. I was accompanied by the most diverse „copilots“ on my way from Germa- ny to Cape Town: e.g. the fisherman Balonga got a lift into the next village and couldn‘t understand why I didn‘t take him back on the comfortable bike. Then there was „Crazy Abdul“ whom I met in Yemen. He was sitting cross-legged on the bike and said he didn‘t need to pedal since we are going downhill. But since there is an end to every mountain, and he didn‘t want to pedal, he had to see how to keep on going... There was also the student Michael who accompanied me for three days in Ethopia, and who saw how beautiful it can be to discover your own country on a bike. „Africa is pretty safe. You have to get information on where to go and where not to go, and you should always be flexible.“ www.bike-together.de
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