Driving towards Iringa
Our cook prepares the lunch packets
Andreas and Henrik
Andreas and Hans
Nice mountain roads
Dabaga Mountains
Hans and Andreas
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 |
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 |