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Tom Allen

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Somali refugees bring geopolitics to a dusty road in Yemen

  • 15/07/2014
  • Tom Allen
Tom Allen escapes his military escort in Yemen's southern deserts but soon meets a group of refugees, fresh from a boat from Somalia. And when they ask for his help he has little to offer.
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  • Africa
  • Middle East

Cycling through Yemen’s kidnap-happy badlands

  • 28/06/2014
  • Tom Allen
Tom Allen is woefully unprepared for his cycle ride out of Aden, passing as it does some of the world's most dangerous insurgent areas. So when the army comes to his help it seems natural to accept a lift.
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A reflective night out in Egypt’s endless desert

  • 17/06/2014
  • Tom Allen
Round-the-world cyclist Tom Allen finds shelter for the night in a lonely outpost just north of Cairo. With time on his hands he reflects on his life on the road.
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Trusting a stranger in downtown Djibouti

  • 18/05/2014
  • Tom Allen
With an almost reckless abandon, Tom Allen entrusts his cherished bicycle, with all its rtw equipment, to a penniless harbour tout in a dodgy port in East Africa - and finds it's all kept safe.
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Getting stoned in Ethiopia’s highlands

  • 18/04/2014
  • Tom Allen
Amhara might be one of the world's most spectacular landscapes, but long-distance cyclist Tom Allan finds his journey plagued by children - who aren't at all easy to ignore.
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Crossing the Nile to discover a whole new Sudan

  • 18/03/2014
  • Tom Allen
On his cycle-ride down Sudan Tom Allen steps well off the beaten trail when he crosses the Nile. According to the map - and most of the people he asks - there's nothing there.
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  • Central Asia

Armenia comes to terms with the aftermath of communism

  • 18/02/2014
  • Tom Allen
After six months in Yerevan, Tom Allen finally takes to the road on his bicycle, reflecting on a country still recovering from the collapse of communism and emerging, blinking, into the 21st century.
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A wealth of hospitality in a Sudanese village

  • 18/01/2014
  • Tom Allen
Sudan is a country best known for conflict and death. But when round-the-world cyclist Tom Allen finds his health fails on a long pedal south he finds peace and tranquility amongst the kindness of strangers.
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