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    • TravelerAfrica
      Day 29

      Rural Tanzania 🇹🇿

      November 7, 2023 in Tanzania ⋅ ☁️ 26 °C

      Today was little more than a travel day, which included staying in a very rural town in Tanzania to break up an incredibly long drive before we arrive at Lake Victoria. As such, there wasn't much exciting stuff happening a part from a nice walk through the little town that ended up being very cute. Because we are quite rural, the locals were even more shocked at seeing a mzungu. This meant that the endless staring and pointing was worse than normal. Children are so excited to see you that they run and tell their friends about your presence and then proceed to follow you around town. They were so cute, they don't speak a lot of English but try their best to communicate, this normally just consists of them saying hello a bunch of times but they were so cute. We were walking through some incredibly poor areas with a lot of staring, yet somehow, I didn't feel unsafe at all. We simply wandered through the town and felt more confident than in places like Rome. I'm not sure how that is, but I think it is the constantly positive experiences we have with locals and the general happy nature of everyone in the towns. After the walk, we had an authentic Tanzanian dish organised by the guesthouse, which was very nice and incredibly big. The highlight of the day was having our own beds and rooms to sleep for no additional cost. They were basic but a good enough bed to allow for a good sleep. Before we could get to bed, though, we had a drink at the bar and celebrated Caroline's first day on the tour, and of course, it was a massive driving day.Read more

    • Michi, derLet’s bring Sauna into Africa
      12
      Day 424

      Thundering cliffs above Victoria

      February 13, 2021 in Tanzania ⋅ ☁️ 21 °C

      Bukoba, the first big centre on Tanzanian side is my destination. Surprisingly nice, big but calm and very friendly atmosphere! I am charmed and think that it must be the only city in Tanzania where all people I talk to understand English. Wow. I even manage to get my personal, Michi-registered SIM card (finally!!!) which all other Tanzanian places before never accomplished. Also a new 12-month insurance for leaving behind the car in Dar. And a good lunch in the public police canteen. This must also be Tanzania’s capital of efficiency. I never got so many things done within 2 hours in this country. Would have taken 2 days anywhere else.
      The lakeside campsites are all washed away due to the increased water level of lake Victoria and I drive to some elevated cliffs not far away which are the perfect spot for the approaching night! Yeehaaw! Around me just grass, the ruins of a never finished hotel, an orthodox church to the south and a seminar and bishop’s seat to the north. I have read many down-turning things about that lake but this western side is very idyllic which does not change while moving further south. Late in the evening the ferry to Mwanza departs and squeezes between thousands of small fisher-boat lights. The bay of Bukoba is partly visible from my spot. I expect to be woken up by an epic sunrise but instead wake up by the thunders and lightnings of a distant storm above the lake, half an hour before sunrise. Equally epic!

      After packing my stuff and getting ready I discover a flat rear left tyre. Ha, a thick nail! The first flat one on these BFGoodrich tyres after 27,454 km, finally! I was about to think that they must be a miracle after what I was throwing at them. The front wheels I already swapped with my spare ones after approx. 18,000 km, but the rears haven’t been touched since Germany. They are well-worn already but today’s air must have escaped just now during morning cliff coffee because I have not noticed any tilted car when waking up. Finally I can experiment with my fancy tyre repair kit: remove the nail, widen and clean the hole, insert rubber sealant, done. Luckily the nail is exposed in a way that it is facing me in a perfect angle
      and I do not have to move the car much nor to unmount the wheel. Still, as it requires much more force than I have expected to push the sealant in, I get a free morning workout session in the same run. (The guys on the tool promotion videos must all be bulls with double my
      body mass and/or they do not demonstrate it on heavy-duty tyres and for them it looks as easy as pushing a knife into butter :p) But I consider my workout a solid mission because for the next 540 km on dirt, tar and a lot of rain no air escapes and the car runs as usual. Brilliant!      Read more

    • Hello Bike WorldHello Bike World - East Africa
      Day 69

      Découverte de la Tanzanie

      February 15, 2022 in Tanzania ⋅ 🌙 23 °C

      Aujourd’hui, nous avons parcouru des kilomètres sur des étendues inhabitées, cela faisait longtemps après l’Ouganda et sa population omniprésente. Nous avons même eu du mal à trouver un petit restaurant. Heureusement, nous avions dans les sacoches des toasts, quelques bananes et surtout du beurre de cacahuètes de la ferme de Kim (100% naturel évidemment) en guise de repas.

      Notre première rencontre ne pouvait pas mieux tomber : alors que nous cherchions un petit restaurant, nous entrons par erreur dans une pharmacie. Une femme nous accueille chaleureusement. Nous lui expliquons notre quête. Elle revient avec des bananes et un ananas qu’elle nous offre. Nous mangeons donc ses beaux fruits dans la pharmacie. Eunia, de son prénom, à pris « sa retraite » dans sa région natale après avoir effectué diverses missions en tant qu’infirmière à la Croix Rouge aux quatre coins de la Tanzanie. Elle nous donne des bonnes adresses pour trouver une carte SIM, un petit hôtel, un bon restaurant que nous notons sur notre téléphone. Elle nous dit que ses enfants ont à peu près le même âge que nous, et donc en quelque sorte, que nous sommes aussi ses enfants. Mama Eunia nous souhaite le meilleur sur notre chemin, et nous dit de bien faire attention.

      Nous arrivons dans une petite ville où nous trouvons notre carte SIM et une petite guesthouse très sympa, merci Eunia !      Read more

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    • Hello Bike WorldHello Bike World - East Africa
      Day 70

      Que faisons-nous ?

      February 16, 2022 in Tanzania ⋅ ⛅ 24 °C

      Je ne vous ai même pas expliqué le pourquoi du comment. Après la déroute de notre plan vers le Rwanda, il nous reste un peu plus d’un petit mois pour traverser la grande Tanzanie et rejoindre Dar. Ne voulant pas « rater » des activités extra-deux roues sur notre route, nous avons pris la décision de gagner quelques centaines de kilomètres en prenant un ferry jusqu’à la ville de Mwanza.

      Le ferry s’est très bien passé. Le bruit des vibrations et de la ventilation ont même réussi à masquer la musique en provenance du bar du bateau, ce qui nous a permis de bien dormir jusqu’à l’arrivée à 6h30 ce matin.

      Nous avons bien apprécié le côté « rétro » du bateau (1960) avec de jolies finitions en bois. En conclusion, je n’ai plus le droit d’appeler ce bateau un rafiot.      Read more

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    • WegTydskrifKom ons ry Kongo toe
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      Day 48

      Lang dag, slegte pad

      October 28, 2016 in Tanzania ⋅ ⛅ 24 °C

      Vandag is lank: ons ry van Mwanza tot digby die Rwandagrens. Die laaste 70 km "teer" is vol slaggate en niks lekker om te ry nie. Tussen die GPS en 'n weldoener spoor ons die Dreamland Motel op, waar ons hoender en chips eet vir laat-aandete. Daarna, bed toe.Read more

    • WegTydskrifKom ons ry Kongo toe
      Day 63

      Terug na links, Rusumo

      November 12, 2016 in Tanzania ⋅ ⛅ 30 °C

      By die Rusumo-grenspos is daar 'n plek in niemandsland - tussen Rwanda en Tanzanië se grensposte - waar jy van "kante" verander. In Rwanda bestuur jy aan die regterkant van die pad, maar in Tanzanië links. Rusumo is een van die mees moeitelose grensposte wat ons teegekom het op ons toer: moderne geboue, vriendelike personeel en logiese uiteensetting van dinge.Read more

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    Kagera Region, Kagera, Mkoa wa Kagera

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