A week in an exotic locale with my wife is a rare luxury,
and one normally spent doing things as a couple. However, as it has been her
lifelong dream to dunk herself in a cage in great-white-shark-infested waters,
it has been my dream for at least as long to avoid stomach-churning boat rides
and proffering my body as shark chum. So when she announced the intent to spend
one day of the vacation at sea I began searching for the perfect Cape Town
mountain bike guide.
Well, I found him. A fortuitous internet search led me to
Dan Dobinson and his bicycle touring company, iRide Africa. I made plans
to join a ride Dan was leading in Tokai Forest, an arboretum just outside of Cape Town. Giddy with excitement for the chance to ride on another
continent, I packed my bike shoes and shorts alongside sandals and swimsuit and
boarded a long, long plane ride to the southern tip of Africa.
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| Map of Tokai trails from the iRideAfrica website |
