King of quarries

Today only a short roundtrip where I
map new roads and discover remote places.

I encounter friendly villagers during lunch who help me to find kerosene (petroleum) for my stove in a small shop. Until last year it was easily possible to find kerosene at regular petrol stations but something changed and I was unsuccessful to get any during the whole trip! Solar power is advancing and thus nobody uses antique lanterns anymore? All the romance gone? Come on! 🙄

I get fascinated by the pristine forest up here where I again hear this small bird which's sound no fancy machine-learning-based app is able to identify. Finally I manage to picture it! It might be a Yellow-throated Mountain Greenbul (Arizelocichla chlorigula). Very shy and hiding well from my stares, always in shady canopy patches. And again this big, dark blue one, with a crest and red patches in its wings when flying. It's more of s purple red hue and literally glowing. Also shy and likes to hop between branches in areas away from people. Looks a bit like a Ross's turaco but I never saw coloured parts of the head and am not sure about its natural habitat being here 🤔?

I decide to end my day in this absorbing environment. Guess where? Yet again in an abandoned quarry, surrounded by this fantastic forest and with super sunset over the last remaining Livingstone mountain ridge which separates me from a view on lake Nyassa. The next morning I do a hike in the forest to find more birds.Read more