Papaya with the Emir (subject)

This is a time that I checked in with Peter Gostelow. It is pedal their way across the continent to raise funds for the Foundation against malaria. He has been on the road since August 2009 that comes from its last update Northern Nigeria, where he was a very good time. Here are some excerpts from his last blog.

Emir of old Muri took care of us at Jalingo. By this I mean we have received a reduced its Guest House brothers and had breakfast and dinner provided free of charge to our room by one of his personal assistants.

Old Muri is a small village on the north shore of the Benue River in Taraba State. Between the sandy streets and brick huts there is little to show that the alleged Amir be a 450 years of history. I missed the details that we we're sitting in front of him on a couch in his room before a servant crawled onto the carpet to bottle water and fresh papaya.

The landscape becomes more mountain as a head South by Taraba State to Cameroon. Behind huts of stubble and harvested cornfields, Yam and peppers are dotted with verdant slopes.

A few days ago that we have been lucky enough to spend a cattle market weekly where hundreds of cows were walked miles autour by Peulh and Hausa owners to buy and sell side of Coteau.

From abroad, who had disappeared with my $100 note to replace the black market, farmers who gave me free fruit. Teachers, leaders and pastors who provided safe places to sleep in my tent per night and many other Niger who were full of energy, generosity and a sense of humor does matter what circumstances they are in. They have all been seven weeks a very memorable in the life of the great cycle.

Click here to read the full report and find out more about Peter's fundraising efforts. It is nice to see it back into the rhythm of African and take advantage of its travel again.

Images ? Peter Gostelow