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Two Roads Converge

June 6, 2022May 20, 2022 aka gringita

The VAL and TLR pull together now, in Sudan. Specifically, they meet in Khartoum. They’ll run together through Cairo and continue in sync until Taba Egypt.*

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VAL: Nairobi

April 30, 2022May 1, 2022 aka gringita

I’m so used to there not being a street view available that I almost forget to look. But arriving in Nairobi makes me wonder if there might be views available at least there in the city.

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VAL & TLR: Two Roads

February 8, 2022February 6, 2022 aka gringita

I currently have two routes mapped in MyVirtualMission. Primarily I’m working what I’ve called the Virtual African Loop (or VAL). Secondarily I’m also tracking my progress on (unintuitively shorter) The Longest Route (or TLR).

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VAL: Squeaking By

February 6, 2022January 31, 2022 aka gringita

When I was approaching the (virtual) border of Malawi, I noted that for a stretch there I was running near the border but not actually getting there.

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Still at it

June 14, 2021 aka gringita

I haven’t said much about the Virtual African Loop in a while. Even my mom noticed: no invitations to try new foods??

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Slow progress

March 24, 2021March 21, 2021 aka gringita

I’m still making my way around the Ring of Kerry, but I simultaneously find myself halfway across Côte d’Ivoire.

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Virtual Route 66: Turning a corner

March 1, 2021February 27, 2021 aka gringita

My daily pedaling has moved me from my starting point in Chicago, almost to the edge of Missouri.

That means I’m almost to Oklahoma…

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Virtual mission impossible: On the border

December 19, 2020December 11, 2020 aka gringita

I’m not making such bad time, all things considered. I’m catching up to the pace marker, albeit slowly.

By tomorrow I may have crossed into Mauritania:

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Virtual mission impossible: Mauritania border in sight

December 8, 2020December 7, 2020 aka gringita

It’s in sight for the pace marker. That crossing will happen in a day or two.

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Solo Mission Impossible: a negative view

December 5, 2020December 5, 2020 aka gringita

Rest assured, I don’t mean that I am looking at this project negatively. It may be insane, but so has been life in the times of pandemic.

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