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Sunga

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    • Day 6

      Über den Wolken 🎶

      September 24, 2022 in Tanzania ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C

      Nach unserer mittelalterlichen Nacht im Kloster ging es nach dem Frühstück zu Fuß los zu unserem nächsten Übernachtungspunkt. Die Wege führten, wie gestern über Stock und Stein und wir tauchten hinab in die Arbeitswelt der Tansanianer. Wir besuchten ein Sägewerk und konnten zu sehen, wie Holzbretter hergestellt werden. Ringsherum standen unzählige Pinienbäume.
      Weiter ging es für uns durch die Dörfer und die Disney-Parade zog durchs Land 😅

      Dann kam ein Stück Nebelwald und die Wolken hingen dicht darin fest.. Dort konnten wir auch schwarz-weiße Affen sehen (Die mit den langen Zottelhaaren) Sie sprangen von Ast zu Ast auf der Suche nach Futter.

      Die dicken Wolken brachten auch Regen mit sich aber wie sagt man soo schön "Es gibt kein schlechtes Wetter sondern nur schlechte Kleidung " Also Regensachen an und weiter geht's.

      Dennis zeigte uns eine Töpferei von Frauen geführt, die verschiedene Dinge mit Ton herstellen. Für 7 Euro haben wir 6 kleine Sachen gekauft, die sehr schön sind.

      Nach ca. 5 Stunden auf und ab sind wir an unserem Ziel angekommen und sahen leider bisher nur Wolken. Die Aussicht hier soll soo fantastisch sein, dass man sogar den Kilimanjaro sehen kann. Naja, wir sahen nur eine weiße Wand von Wolken. Ab und zu konnten wir erahnen was dahinter sich verbirgt.

      Nach unserem Mittagessen und einer kurzen Pause ging es am Nachmittag nochmal los. Wir gingen runter ins Dorf um an einen anderen Viewpoint zu gelangen.

      Dennis hat wohl ziemlich viel Spaß mit uns und versucht uns soooo viel, wie möglich zu zeigen. Ihm ist es wichtig, dass wir Land und Leute kennenlernen und somit machte er es möglich, dass wir zu einer Familie ins Haus gehen durften um auch das mal gesehen haben. Zusätzlich war die Dame in dem Haus eine Heilerin wir erfuhren etwas dazu. Das ganze Haus war voller Rauch, da sie Ihr Feuer aufgrund des Regens drinne machten. Mit brennenden Augen saßen wir auf dem Bett einer afrikanischen Familie. Es war sehr sehr interessant.

      Danach ging es für uns zum Viewpoint aber auch da hatten wir kein Glück und es waren nur Wolken zusehen. Aber naja morgen haben wir ja auch noch hier.

      Morgen planen wir einen Ausflug mit einem Ranger und Machete durch den Dschungel und wie wir lauschen konnten haben die Jungs für unseren letzten Abend noch Zuckerohrschnaps besorgt, den wir gestern gedrucken haben. 😅

      Übermorgen sind wir in Arusha, dann ruf ich mal durch!

      Papa, Happy Birthday!
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    • Day 138

      Cave hike

      May 3, 2020 in Tanzania ⋅ ⛅ 24 °C

      This Sunday is hiking day and we explore some caves north of Mambo. Far more impressive are the great views we get from the rocks above the caves!

      Unfortunately during the hike one of the dogs tries to snack a sheep and we are forced to buy it from the owner. At the lodge it gets treatment and joins Dolly, the other sheep which has been attacked by a dog before. Two days later while trying to perform in home officing I will be going to witness sheep legs, a sheep's head and sheep ribs being carried through our premises. Dolly is alone again.Read more

    • Day 11

      Mambo View Point is where I belong

      December 16, 2022 in Tanzania ⋅ ⛅ 28 °C

      On my way to Kilimanjaro Airport were I will be picking up Franziska in two days I visit my beloved second home at Mambo View Point where I say hello to Dagmara and her staff. What a great feeling to be back here again! Tears start to flow when I walk up to the cottage where I stayed 3.5 months back in 2020. Even more tears when I walk further to the view point overlooking Pare mountains. Speechless!Read more

    • Day 178

      From 4x2 back to 4x4

      June 12, 2020 in Tanzania ⋅ ☁️ 20 °C

      After Eckhard invented some innovative welding solutions to get the most stubborn piston out of the brake caliper he wonderfully refurbished the remaining parts and in total just two of the eight pistons had to be replaced. Spare parts for my Toyota Prado are pretty easy to get here as many of this model are still on the roads. Cleaned, with new sealings and brake pads everything looks very promising! Exchanging the brake fluid and bleedig turns out to be much less of a hassle than suspected! The very same evening I have a nice sunset test drive with Philipp through Mamboooo.Read more

    • Day 191

      "Zum Glück kam Corona!"

      June 25, 2020 in Tanzania ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C

      Philipp says as we enjoy our last sunset beer at MamboViewPoint. While Europe and the rest of the world freaked out in self-flagellation we probably shared the three most unforgettable months of our lives up here in peace. Cheers!Read more

    • Day 188

      Cool!

      June 22, 2020 in Tanzania ⋅ ⛅ 21 °C

      The choice to build my car’s interior from wood proves to be a good one. It is way more robust than expected – even the partly used poplar multiplex – and I can extend it anytime. Today I finally managed to neatly integrate the cooler box which I bought in Cape Town. Since then it was always flying around which is especially annoying when not having a fully packed car, meaning, when travelling alone. So, this weekend I was the main customer of the MamboViewPoint carpentry. It took half a day of engineering and another half day to build this thing. I cut a part out of my upper bed layer and reused this as base plate for the fridge unit. There were various reasons for not centring the fridge in the middle of the car with the major being the possibility to use one of the heavy seat screws to fasten the plate to the ground. Also, it keeps a nice big gap between the seats to reach in the back under the bed from the front seat row. Somebody always hides a snack box there ;-) The small fridge is unmovably aligned on the wooden base and simply tied down with two Seilflechter straps. Dat sitzt bombenfest, Digga! I like to tie down stuff. It’s so stupid and simplifies all kinds of designs in regard of rattle-free installation in the car. The bed is the best example. The fridge’s lid is super-stupidly designed because it’s not flat but still, you don’t really feel it when lying on the bed. It is easy reachable by quickly uplifting the cushions. Done.Read more

    • Day 185

      Between heaven and hell

      June 19, 2020 in Tanzania ⋅ ☀️ 15 °C

      Hellyeah, I love far from home office! Between all those video conferencing bla bla bla appointments there is always time for some crazygoing. "Oh, sorry guys, my mobile internet connection is about to break down, see ya t'morrow!". And off I go out of my cottage to fire up my all-time favourite Swedish Trangia storm stove which I pimped with an Optimus Nova multifuel burner some 10 years ago. Here around Zambia and Tanzania you find pure kerosene (petroleum) at every second fuel station for 0.5 EUR per litre and this stuff burns pretty cleanly. I can cook for 8-14 days on just half a litre of kerosene.

      For two weeks now I'm experimenting with sour dough bread and it is just about time to test if baking bread would also be possible on the road without a real oven. Both test prove positive. The first subject has a higher portion of whole-grain wheat which I also used to start the sour dough and it raises excessively so that I have to put a stone on the lid. In this first round I use a flat stone deflector to scatter the flames in order for the dough not to burn at the bottom of the pot. Works well but baking time is nearly 1.5 hours and consumes around 40 grams of kerosene. But!! This first camping bread from a rather soggy dough is far the best of all I have baked so far! Unbeaten in juiciness, aroma, texture, satisfaction! Cut a slice, apply olive oil, salt ... and off you go straight to heaven.

      The second subject is a pure white wheat dough which is more reluctant to raise – probably due to the sour dough having been started with whole-grain flour initially – but now my deflector shield is a thin metal piece cut from a broken kitchen grater. The dough is smaller and the bread is finished after almost 30 minutes. A bit too hot from the bottom but I also powered the stove more than before. You should never adjust two parameters at the same time in an experiment ...

      On the road this procedure will be pretty straight-forward: Arriving at the designated campsite I will be putting a freshly built dough under the bonnet to accompany the warm engine over night. In the mornings during camp breaking I will leave it on the stove and enjoy crunchy orgasms during the day and the following evening. Hellyeah!
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    • Day 161

      Black-tea-coloured surprise

      May 26, 2020 in Tanzania ⋅ ⛅ 20 °C

      The rear, single-piston brake calipers look better than the front ones. At least the rubber boots are not damaged and the pistons are retracting smoothly with slight force. After struggeling a whole day I managed to unmount the front calipers after applying Ballistol over night and with the help of a metal tube extension which I got from Indian guests from Dar. These guests also took the calipers back to Dar today in order to be refurbished at Eckhard's truck workshop (the German where I plan to leave my car once I fly out of Tanzania)! :-D

      Meanwhile I discovered another problem with my oil-dripping transfer gearbox. Apparently the seal of the front drive shaft is leaking around a teaspoon of tea-coloured, clean oil per night. When I return to Dar this will also be a nice task for Eckhard :-)
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    • Day 159

      Donald the deliverer

      May 24, 2020 in Tanzania ⋅ ☀️ 21 °C

      Donald openes his missile silos and launches a bunch of tiny black wasps (Braconidae) to infiltrate the next victims of his own kind while Bariati prepares dinner for 25 guests and I enjoy the sun in pleasant anticipation of the dinner :-)Read more

    • Day 157

      Braking bad

      May 22, 2020 in Tanzania ⋅ ⛅ 20 °C

      Höhö. Last time in Dar I bought spare front brake pads. Even managed to find genuine Toyota parts! Yesterday I decided to "quickly replace the old ones" because this usually is no big deal. After removing the front left wheel I already saw that the right pad was unevenly used which indicates that one of the four brake pistons is stuck. The uneven pad would not have lasted the next descend to Mombo probably!
      Had this problem with my motorbike as well once where I managed to push the piston further out, clean it from the outside and push it back in. With the Land Cruiser it is much more fucked up. The piston only comes out when I brake with running engine and active brake booster. This already is a bad sign. Its outer rubber sleeve is punctured and the piston corroded. And after cleaning, there is no way to push it back in! We tried all possible levers but more force will only destroy either the piston or the disc. It also is unwilling to be turned.

      So, hmm, now I either have to refurbish the whole brake caliper here after ordering spare seals and even new piston(s). Or I send it to Dar for refurbishment. Or I find a refurbished caliper with fresh seals somewhere. First of all I'm going to also check on the right wheel's situation ... :-D

      Update: On the front right wheel it's similar: the inner lower piston is completely stuck as well and the upper will not retreat completely :-\
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