The Land of a Thousand Ways of Suffering

It was the year 1994 and I was 16, when a remote African country virtually unknown to South Americans suddenly echoed in the news. I must say that almost nothing is published about Africa in my country, so I barely remember that moment, but what I do remember is that it was a new tragic story coming from the black continent

BurundiNicolás Marino31 October 2014adventure, africa, bicycle, cycling, kivu, lake kivu, rwanda, tea plantations, tea, touring, virungas, volcano, volcanoes

Land of Volcanoes

It always surprises me how fast the road can change. After the three days, it took me to cross Park Queen Elizabeth through the savannah, followed by the forest along its beautiful loneliness surrounded by animals, we arrived finally to a remote village where the simplicity of the plain road turned suddenly into a hell of slippery slopes.

UgandaNicolás Marino26 October 2014adventure, africa, bicycle, cycling, hills, kisoro, mud, touring, uganda, virungas, western