New years eve here, big party at the camp tonight.
We are back in Arusha having had a few ride outs and spending some time (2 nights) in the mountains west of Arusha, the national parks guards make it so difficult for anybody travelling independant of a tour company.
I don,t expect to be able to ride in any of the wildlife parks(meals on wheels) but we cant even ride through the roads all the way up the mountains without coming across official roadblocks that want excessive fees just to ride along a road outside the wildlife parks.
I do realise that this area exists by its tourist income but its $200us to get into some of them, ouch!!!!
We have contributed greatly to the local brewing industry and I think we should be given a free pass at the very least, ho hum
we will try our luck further east when we leave for Dar es slam on the 2nd of Jan.
I have found a trail on the map that is just outside the Kilimanjaro national park that takes you up to 3600mtrs so I,ll have a go at doing that and see if we can avoid the AK47 brigade.
Nice to see a few coments from Friends in the UK and spain, also friends we have met along the way, happy new year to you all. Buon natale to our new found italian friends, Hi olivier and Danielle, and theres no skiing here mates!!
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Hiya and Happy New Year. We were thrilled to get you card and this address so we can keep in touch. (if you've already had this message it's cos I've never sent a blog text before).
Sounds like the experience of a lifetime with plenty of the usual old red tape found in such places. Would really love to see more photos. We are always wondering where you might be and what you might be doing and now we'll be able to find out. Brilliant!
Hope you are over the malaria now. Bloody Mozzies!! Love all your entries up to now. It feels like we can be part of it all too. Must admit to mixed feelings of jealousy and awe when we think of you. Love you loads,
Hel and Simon Says xxxxx
Belated Happy New Year Guy's Good to see you are on our feet and drinking again Pete, Well done Bruce for getting him through the maleria...
Love Wendy & Tony ...
Happy new universal year to you. Some news from Ghana: elections are over and the left side party (NDC) won with 50.2% of the votes and everything went smooth, just jubilation in the streets after the official results...Safe journey...
Hi Pete and Bruce
Happy new year to you both. glad to hear that all is going well and that the entreprenurial skills of the locals is still alive and well.
Maybe see you sometime this/next year in Oz!!
Ciao Bruce! Ciao Peter!
Best wishes a good trip for the 2009.
Ici en Guinée ça va bien; nous avons eu un pétit coup d'état , mais il est mieux maintenant que avec les roquins (sharks)du gouvernement de Lansana Conté.
There are no problems actually and the people is running his life as usual
Ciao, buon viaggio and drive safely
Raby, Flavio, Gabriele and Regina
Hi there and a very Happy New Year to you both (We got the text, it was lovely to ehar from you!). . . Sorry for this being so late, I've been menaing to post for ages but apparent despite my technoligcal knowledge it still took me a while to figure this page out!
I can see you are getting to grips with a keyboard Pete, well done :o) you may be able to out-type me soon haha!
I absolutely love the blog, it pans the arse of 'long way round'(boring) Your travels are both enviable and inspirational - I'm waiting with baited breath for the next installment. Hope you had a cracking new year celebration - love to you both, love Cass *mwah* x
Happy (very belated) New Year to you both...just been catching up on the adventures!!!
Sounds like a heady mixture of corrupt officials, near disaster, fun and sun, all washed down with lovely lager!!!
Take care,
Dan
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