Usambara Mts., 8-9th July 2005

 

Two fantastic and challenging days in the mountains

 

 

 


cooling the engine and
warming the fingers,
Alex, Henrik

 

 

 

 


 

 


the entertainment has returned

 

 

 

 

 

Henrik

 

 


and now it really starts

 

 

 

Alex 1.1 MB - but worthwhile  

 

Alex

 

 

 

 

 

 


kicking mud

 

 

 

 


the expression of the faces tells it all

 

 

 

 


half-way break

 

 

 

 


foothold and traction

 

 

 

 


none of us had Celltel, yet we went everywhere

 

 

 

 

Henrik

 

 

 

 


raincoat came in handy

 

 

 

 

Alex

 

 

 


refuelling for next day

 

 

 

 


 

 

 

 

 


Saturday, starting up with road cruising northwards in the Usambara Mountains

 

 

 

Alex

 

 

 

 


checking the digital camera

 

 

 

Henrik

 

Henrik

 

 

 

 


detour into the woods

 

 

 

 

Alex

 

Henrik

 

 

 

 


mountain bike

 

 

 

 


taking it for a spin

 

 

 

 


watching the spin with the kids,
while one of them is attracted
by Alex's hairstyle

 

 

 

 


always good food at Mzee Poach in Mtae,
who hosted a great number
of dirty bikers earlier also

 

 

 

 


preparing for the decent of
the Usambara Mountains

 

 

 

 


Mtae in the background

 

 

 

 


so big

 

 

 

Henrik

 

Alex

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


decent of the Usambara Mountains north of Mtae

 

 

Alex

 

 

 

 


Alex between the thorn threes

 

 

 

 

 

Henrik

 

 

 

 

 


nice to be back in a warm climate!

 

 

 

 


good old fellows

 

 

 

 


not too fat, but too tall to go through the one way made us go over the other way

 

 

 

 

Henrik

 

 

 

 

 


reaching down to the plains between the Usambara and Para Mountains,
before climbing back up again

 

 

 

 


sharing the fun

 

 

 

 

 

 

Henrik

 

Alex

 

Henrik

 

 

 

 

 


coming back up again into the mountains, a detour east of Mtae on small roads and tracks

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


this village marked the end-point of the trip, from there there were only impassable small tracks,
so we turned around and arrived back in Lushoto an hour after dark

 

 

 

 


final view down the mountains before heading back to Lushoto

 

 

 

 

 


 


the people in the back of the car, Dar-Lushoto-Dar