One week in the mountains of Makete District, Southwestern Tanzania, November 2003

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

 


Grasslands, around 2,500 meters above sea level (Hans-Jacob, Franz)

 

 

Henrik
Honda 600XR
Franz
Kawasaki KLX300R
Hans-Jacob
Honda 250XRL

 

 

 


 
Towards Makete, Iringa Region (Franz) Nice house, kitchen, store and cooking! (Hans-Jacob, Franz)

 

 



On the edge, overlooking Mbeya Region (Franz, Henrik)

 




The valleys down towards Mbeya Region

 




Re-hydrating (Henrik, Hans-Jacob, Franz)
 

 



Red Bull-energizer drinks (Franz, Henrik)

 




Ipuji Forest Reserve: 600 hectares of primary montane forest, 1700 m.a.s.l.
 

 

 
Nice curves during on-road driving (Hans-Jacob) But it consumes a lot of the tyre rubber, we discovered! (Franz, Hans-Jacob)

 

 



Through a village. No wonder kids, and even some adults, run away! (Henrik)

 


 
   
Small tracks, using GPS (Franz)

 

 


Simply a perfect view (the background!) (Franz, Henrik)

 


 

 
Soft, soft jumps... (Hans-Jacob)
... dusty, though,... (Henrik)
... but nice! (Franz)

 

 

 

 
     

Billions of flowers... (Henrik)

 
 

Chilly in the morning... (Franz, Henrik)

     

 

 



Slow driving, it says, curves ahead. Yeahh! (Henrik, Hans-Jacob, Franz)

 


 
   

Franz gets tempted on a bridge...

Hans-Jacob in the air...

Franz jumps away from the dust...

Watch out for branches when standing up! (Hans-Jacob)

   

 

 



We deserved a chilled beer after finishing riding the last day! (Franz, Hans-Jacob, Henrik)