Six days around Iringa, 4-9th December 2004

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 


Driving towards Iringa

 


 

 

 

 


Our cook prepares the lunch packets

 

 


Andreas and Henrik

 

 


Andreas and Hans

 

 


Nice mountain roads

 

 


Dabaga Mountains

 

 


Hans and Andreas

 

 

A small technical problem explained. Hans

 

 

A safe way for man and machine. Andreas


 

Important to have speed, if you really want to cross! Hans

Uphill. Hans

Uphill 1. Andreas

Uphill 2. Andreas

 

 

Small rains made the hard surface extremely slippery, see the video! Andreas and Hans


 

 

Kør nu udenom! Hans

Ballet or slippery 1!? Hans

Ballet or slippery 2!? Hans

 


... but after a bit of sun it was better. Hans

 

Downhill. Hans

 


One of the forest reserves met that day

 

 

 

Decorating man and bike with a bit of mud! Hans


 

 

 

 

Mousse disintegrated, held the things together with plastic straps. Next day got new tyre from Dar and put in a tube. Henrik


 

 

 


 

Downhill road. Andreas

 

Beautiful roads in forests and mountains. Henrik and Andreas

On a small road. Henrik

Warming up. Hans

 

 

Passing by these plains, we couldn't help stopping enjoying it, and driving fast like ...


 

 

Cruising the sand on the plains 1. Henrik

Cruising the sand on the plains 2. Henrik

 

 

One of the rivers we decided not to cross. Though not wide, it was deep. Henrik


 

 

Posing in mud? Hans

Posing in mud? Andreas

 


Another river not to be crossed

 

Too deep to cross?

 

 

Visitors from mars? Stopping in this village, it took these villagers less than one minute to surround the bikers. Later that week Henrik slept over in the village


 

 

In a village

 

 

Even though we were really out in the wild, we occasionally met cattle herders like this one


 

 

 

Hans

 

 

 

Stay focused, there is a curve in the road! Andreas, now on a rural road project somewhere Uganda!


 

 

 


Coming down the mountains approaching the Mtera Dam

 

 

 

 


Mtera Dam

 

 


Acacia trees

 

Beneath the acacia trees. Henrik

Beneath the acacia trees. Hans


Small canyons everywhere

 

Crossing a dried-out river 1. Henrik

Crossing a dried-out river 1. Hans

Crossing a dried-out river 2. Henrik

Crossing a dried-out river 2. Hans

 

 
 

Henrik got a puncture. Hans' pump didn't work. While Hans went to Iringa, Henrik found back to a village, Usolanga, in darkness and was received like a returning son by the villagers, warm bath, nice food and excellent bed


 

 

 

 

Next day, Hans returned with his pick-up, but the villagers had found a pump, so Henrik could enjoy the drive over the mountains back home to Iringa