A Norwegian couple cycled through 25 countries to help the world’s poorest countries achieve access to clean water and sanitation.
|||Cape Town - A Norwegian couple have cycled through 25 countries to Cape Town to help some of the world’s poorest countries achieve access to clean water and sanitation.
The 20 000km journey, which took Susanne and Rasmus Engberg 10 months to complete, ended at the V&A Waterfront on Monday.
Susanne, 26, said they set off from Norway on the tandem bike a few weeks after their marriage.
The couple raised R108 000 for WaterAid Sweden, a non-government organisation whose mission is to help provide safe water, hygiene and sanitation.
Except for a few punctures, their long ride was smooth, although Susanne had some health scares along the way due to her type 1 diabetes.
“There were times when it felt like our bodies were giving up. But we held on. We achieved what we set out to do,” said Susanne.
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