GAMBIA.....A LONG WAY TO GO

In Pamplona, a city in the northen part of Spain I start my bike trip tomorrow. I like to bike long distances, see my other stories. But this trip has a special reason: fundraising for the 3rd level of 44 students of a technical secondair school in the Gambia who cannot effort their own scholarship.

By saying I go biking to the Gambia, we gave right and clear information and other reasons, our friends, family and colleagues were very enthousiastic and donate money.
At this moment my colleage Ger Schep and me collect already more as 7800 euro. We are very thankfull to everybody. See also the website of our foundation Dohantu: www.dohantu.nl. And my bikeclub FC Trappist: www.fctrappist.nl

But still i go....because I promissed....and I like it very much. To enjoy the freedom, the nature and to meet people during the trip.

Why I start in Pamplona? Because I already biked from Amsterdam to Pamplona on my way to Santiago de Compostela last year.
Today I re-assembled my bike and I visit the beautiful city.
Sunday I had a wonderfull goodbye at the airport Schiphol, Agnes and my children came.

Now I am in a nice hostel with a lot of young people walking the Camino. The atmosphere of last year comes to me. People from all over the world.

My biketravelplan changed a little bit. I bike to Agadir, it will be 2500 km.
Because of the high temperature in the Sahara and Mauritania, no shadow and long distances between the villages I take a plane from Agadir to Dakar. From Dakar for the last 500 km I bike again.
Tuesday the 7th of November I shall arrive in the Gambia, at the campus of the Gambian Technical Training Institute in Kanifing.
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It gives me courage in dull and heavy moments.....thank you.