Two weeks to go

Less than two weeks to go. We scheduled our trip to start on the 15th of November, 2009.
Since I, Sherif, have to go back to work in one month, so it'll be a 1 month trip. We will post as many videos and photos as we can, keeping the blog updated.

Mean while, I'll post some photos from a trip to Suez, 130km away from Cairo, to the East http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&ll=29.907329,31.861725&spn=1.054684,2.469177&z=9

We camped and returned the following day.

I want to mention a few notes regarding this road, for cyclists willing to cycle it in the future.

1- Mind that the road is a constant inclination, since Suez is at sea level, meaning it is a bit higher than Cairo.

2- This is a desert road so after 80km with only 50km to go, there are no mountains only desert, so there is so much wind, and most probably it'll be opposing you. i had a very rough 40km.

3- If you are traveling in the summer, please have something to wear on your head, a cap or a helmet.

4- Carry sufficient water, and energy bars. Snickers did well for me!

5- There are several stops on the road, it is quite busy.

6- There is a nice lane on the way to Suez in which you can cycle safely.

7- The road is filled with big trucks

8- On the way back to Cairo,the magnificent right lane is filled with sand making it a bit harder to cycle. But as we usually do and look at the bright side of things, I was still able to cycle on it.

9- Suez has a ferry, for free, to carry you to the other side, which is the road to Sinai.

10- Suez is a very peaceful city, we easily found a nice camping spot in a public isolated park, and had an amazing noiseless sleep.

May be Mo will want to add some notes of his... till then enjoy the pictures...