While cleaning up the laptop I found an entry that had slipped past for some reason.
Place: MafingaTunes: New Order, Rammstein, Metallica, Underworld
Wildlife along the roads.
Shoes for everyone.
Ruts on asphalt. These are interesting to ride through I can tell you.
A man's best friend?
We rode some motorcycles today. Most of the roads were under construction/renovation. The Danes are paying for these ones for a change. The road condition in general was pretty shit to be honest as the old ones were falling apart and the new ones were not ready. Add to this big big buses with psychopaths behind the wheel. I think they must have developed the means to drive a bus while wearing a straight jacket.
The main road went through a nature park and there we saw baboons and many giraffes. Good times for photos but the camera was out of juice, so no luck. On the road we did see some new wildlife. Very rare but hard as nails Danish concrete pigs. Even the hardest predators in Africa leave these beasts alone. When you play with fire and pass between two of them enough times you can become complacent. With my extra wide load I did.
These concrete pigs bite if you get too close to them and one brutally attacked me. As a result my panniers are fucked up again, the fuel canisters were destroyed and my elbows would be broken for sure if it was not for my power rangers armor shirt.
Normal business, but annoying as the panniers have to be covered in plastic bags in case of rain and dust. They were ok for several days since Nairobi, but it was not to be. The day would have been too boring without a little drama, so I should charge Peter for this shit and possibly seek a career as a stuntman. This pannier circus has been a constant source of much amusement for us.
We are getting pretty good at this ”almost in formation” driving. At some point we were in between two or three lorries going uphill and there was incoming traffic. Once that lorry went past, eight bikes – simultaneously – switched to the incoming lane at full throttle. It looked like a pride of lions attacking some big buffaloes. Beautiful.
We managed to find a good hotel in the middle of nowhere and you can find the best barber shop (for men or women) in Africa here. Just ask Ari. The restaurant was another interesting experience where clueless people pretending to know what they were doing were running an actual restaurant. Most of the people present were staff of course and maybe one person in five had something to do with the service or preparing the food today (we were the only customers). Again, this is Africa.
Place: MafingaTunes: New Order, Rammstein, Metallica, Underworld
Wildlife along the roads.
Shoes for everyone.
Ruts on asphalt. These are interesting to ride through I can tell you. 
A man's best friend?We rode some motorcycles today. Most of the roads were under construction/renovation. The Danes are paying for these ones for a change. The road condition in general was pretty shit to be honest as the old ones were falling apart and the new ones were not ready. Add to this big big buses with psychopaths behind the wheel. I think they must have developed the means to drive a bus while wearing a straight jacket.
The main road went through a nature park and there we saw baboons and many giraffes. Good times for photos but the camera was out of juice, so no luck. On the road we did see some new wildlife. Very rare but hard as nails Danish concrete pigs. Even the hardest predators in Africa leave these beasts alone. When you play with fire and pass between two of them enough times you can become complacent. With my extra wide load I did.
These concrete pigs bite if you get too close to them and one brutally attacked me. As a result my panniers are fucked up again, the fuel canisters were destroyed and my elbows would be broken for sure if it was not for my power rangers armor shirt.
Normal business, but annoying as the panniers have to be covered in plastic bags in case of rain and dust. They were ok for several days since Nairobi, but it was not to be. The day would have been too boring without a little drama, so I should charge Peter for this shit and possibly seek a career as a stuntman. This pannier circus has been a constant source of much amusement for us.
We are getting pretty good at this ”almost in formation” driving. At some point we were in between two or three lorries going uphill and there was incoming traffic. Once that lorry went past, eight bikes – simultaneously – switched to the incoming lane at full throttle. It looked like a pride of lions attacking some big buffaloes. Beautiful.
We managed to find a good hotel in the middle of nowhere and you can find the best barber shop (for men or women) in Africa here. Just ask Ari. The restaurant was another interesting experience where clueless people pretending to know what they were doing were running an actual restaurant. Most of the people present were staff of course and maybe one person in five had something to do with the service or preparing the food today (we were the only customers). Again, this is Africa.
