Tales from the road: Insect domination
18. december 2023, Tanzania ⋅ ⛅ 30 °CThere are so many more details of nature to discover if you just reduce your speed and start to open your eyes.
There are so many more details of nature to discover if you just reduce your speed and start to open your eyes.
Wherever you move in Tanzania, if there are people along your route, you are always able to buy 4 basic vegetables throughout the whole year: Tomatoes, onions, garlic and peri-peri (pili pili). WhatLæs mere
Strange region here between Mpanda and Tabora. Perfect new tar road but barely any traffic. Nearly all of the 360 km lead through wild and untouched forest, except for a few settlement clearings.
OnLæs mere
The last stretch of 60 km from Namanyere to here leads through untouched forest and I would have never thought to arrive at such a surreal, fancy establishment, the Lakeshore Lodge. Surrounded byLæs mere
Eh, what a contrast to Tanganyika. It seems like no tourists are coming here at all. There is no touristic infrastructure. Generally, nobody talks about this lake. German Wikipedia says that theLæs mere
My Toyota is just amazing. Having 2600 kg fully loaded with two people and food plus drinks for a couple of days it is light-weight compared to the tanks of above 3 tonnes many other overlanders areLæs mere
Lake Tanganyika, approx. 670 km long and 50 km wide. After lake Baikal, the world’s second deepest lake with its depth of 1470 m reaching 688 m below mean sea level (cryptodepression). Many riversLæs mere
Unable to reach the lake on this very day. So be it.
At Lunji coffee farm I meet an overlanding couple from Switzerland. Aye, how refreshing to talk to them! I realise that they are my first tourist encounter after a whole month of travelling 😃!Læs mere
Parachichi! Eckhard forwards me to his old friend Wille near Tukuyu. Wille lived in Rostock, Germany, during the 1980s. He recently retired and runs an organic Hass avocado farm now. It is interestingLæs mere