Two Bugs on Bikes, author Jacqui Webster

Two Bugs on Bikes: Our middle-aged gap year cycling across Europe and Africa 

Jacqui Webster has always wanted to travel in Africa – she just never expected it would be on a bike! Inspired by her partner Joe's adventurous spirit and a desire to step outside her comfort zone, she agrees to accompany him on a year-long cycling journey setting off from Morocco, with a vague plan to travel east across Europe and Asia. 

Leaving their jobs behind for a year, they cycle 18,000 kilometres through 30 countries. Scaling the High Atlas, they stay with Berber families in Morocco, skirt the Sierra Nevada in Spain, brave the bears camping in the Rhodope mountains in Bulgaria and conquer the fifty hairpins over the highest pass in Slovenia. But their sense of purpose is completely lost in Türkiye, and Jacqui begins to wonder why on earth she agreed to this crazy adventure. 

Barely surviving the heat, they arrive in Istanbul to find they can’t get visas for China. Land borders to Azerbaijan are also closed. They might have to give up. Instead, in a bold leap of faith, Jacqui and Joe make a dramatic U-turn and head for Africa. Starting in Kigali, Rwanda, they cross rivers, traverse deserts, dodge wild animals, and forge connections with people and projects, all while heading towards Cape Town. 

It’s a trial of resilience, forcing them to confront whether leaving everything behind was their bravest decision—or their biggest mistake. 

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