Two fantastic and challenging days in the mountains

cooling the engine
and
warming the fingers,
Alex, Henrik

the entertainment has returned

and now it really starts

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

raincoat came in handy

refuelling for next day

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

checking the digital camera

detour into the woods

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


decent of the Usambara Mountains
north of Mtae

Alex between the thorn threes

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

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

sharing the fun

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