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April 15th, 2010 | Africa

Ready for Rwanda, Dudes !!

The title of this post says it all !!

The Big Fella is good to go again !!

I spent yesterday, writing the post about the events of the 13th, and my ordeal to get to Dodoma… I also went through all the options available to me, including getting the bike onto a truck, and […]

April 14th, 2010 | Africa

Down, and almost out, in Dodoma…

Don’t know where to begin with this posting…. It will be a long one, but I need to document it all to remind myself of a day that I do not want to forget. For many reasons, both good and bad…

The 1st 50 kms looked like this…

Which had […]

April 13th, 2010 | Africa

Leaving Iringa…

The first hurdle after leaving Iringa, would be to get up and over that mountain range…

I am a little apprehensive about today’s ride… I am aware that it is a gravel road, but everybody who I ask, tells me it is a “good road”… But by whose standards, I wonder? I could […]

April 12th, 2010 | Africa

Linger Longer in Iringa…

After a breakfast of porridge and two small Spanish omelette’s (eaten separately, mind you…) washed down with the usual two cups of coffee, (do birds fly on one wing ?) I completed the editing of the last Malawi post and then with laptop under arm, proceeded to the Internet café which is around the corner […]

April 11th, 2010 | Africa

Tanzania…in Daylight this time…!!

Parked out side Room 5, Club Marina… Ready to ride to Iringa…

Breakfast was a forgettable affair, but as it was included in the price, I decided to get my stomach filled for the long day ahead… I planned to ride non-stop (ha-ha !!) to Iringa, over 500 kms to the north-east of […]

February 15th, 2008 | Africa

Back to Malawi…

Mikumi, Tanzania to Ngara Camp, Malawi

(705 km)

S 10º 12’ 71” – E 34º 05’ 66”

I was up at 6.00am, […]