Kahama - Dodoma - Dar es Salam

arriving in Dar es Salam. at the harbour.

whose the poser on the italian bike...

exhausted after a 16 hour ride. on the ferry to south beach.

We were literally in transit. had to meet up with Matteo in Dar. so we were pushing to get there by the 10th march. we knew of a 100km bad stretch of road. it turned out to be very bad indeed. lots of thick deep sand and hundreds of trucks driving all over the road. George punctures so many times out there, every puncture would take one hour to fix. so we did a lot of waiting it out in the dust and grime. one gets so dirty out there. and my face becomes a dust mask. you know you look bad when you take your helmet off and kids run away screaming! hi hi hi... road hard during those 2 days. 13 hour days doing over 1200kms. in Africa thats a long long way. was absolutely exhausted when we arrived in Dar at 23:00 that night. the road into the city was so dangerous. trucks driving on the opposite side of the road with no headlights! i also got hit by a huge bat on my head. that was the straw for me... had to get off my bike and cool down. George was not a happy camper either. one should never ride on the roads in africa at night. never.