A sign on a toilet door in Tanzania. 

Directions are always helpful when using the loo.

This photo was taken by Steve Fabes.

5th January 2010, central London. Steve Fabes waved goodbye to friends and family and began pedaling – he has been pedaling ever since. He is now over two years, 30 countries and 30,000 km into his mission to cycle the length of six of the earth’s continents and regularly takes on some of the most adventurous bike routes on offer. He is also a freelance travel writer. Some time in late 2014 Steve will return and who knows what travails he will have endured to reach this frontier, although it seems likely that he will be sporting an ungodly amount of body hair and blurting out the insane ramblings of someone who has become more calf muscle than man.

Whatever the case, by this point he hopes to have surpassed his target and raised over a pound per mile for the medical aid charity Merlin.

Blog – http://www.cyclingthe6.blogspot.com

Charity fundraising page – http://www.justgiving.com/cyclingthe6

Website – http://www.cyclingthe6.com

Facebook page – http://www.facebook.com/Cyclingthe6

Flickr – http://www.flickr.com/photos/cyclingthe6/collections/

You Know You’re in Egypt When…

Signs can be revelatory about a culture. And we came across this one walking down the seafront in Dahab, on the coast of the Sinai desert in Egypt.

The local Bedouin have moved more to pickup trucks than camels nowadays, which, if you’ve ever ridden a camel, should come as no surprise. But the odd camel and plenty of horses ply the desert between the two sides of town and you can tell you’re a long way from home

Theodora Sutcliffe blogs at Travels With A Nine Year Old   about her long-term journey with her now-11-year-old son. For some comedy signs from Asia, visit here: http://travelswithanineyearold.com/2010/08/29/6-signs-that-say-youre-a-long-way-from-home/

This is part of a new series of photos I’m calling:

“Things You Don’t See At

Home”.

Have your own photo of something strange, new, awesome, or funny that you have seen while traveling and want to guest-post here as part of my weekly, Friday THINGS YOU DON’T SEE AT HOME series?

Send me an email at nomaddanib@gmail.com with ‘THINGS YOU DON’T SEE AT HOME’ in the subject, along with your photo (JPEG), short caption, link to your travel/fanpage and short bio.

Look for “Things You Don’t See At Home” photos every Friday. (to coincide with #FriFoto on Twitter).

CHEERS!