Tuesday, January 13, 2009

On from Arusha

We left Arusha and headed off through the mountains to see if we could get in the kilimanjaro park by the back entrance, No chance, after 45km of trail and getting through the first gate we got turned back with the explanation that there are wild animals in there, they had to be joking, people are hiking up it for charity.
Back to Moshi for the night with our bikes between our legs and to think out a plan B

Plan B , we headed off to Loshoto up another range of mountains to try our luck there at getting up a mountain, ANY MOUNTAIN!!!!!!!
Well what a bonus, Loshoto is trail riders paradise, we could ride all day without seeing a park ranger and had a fantastic few days there,

Onwards to Dar es salam for my first view of the Indian ocean, where we plotted up at a beach hut for a few days RR having been to see Ruvu ranch where Bruce spent her first 2 yrs and also visited the Aga khan hospital where she was born.
Unimpressed with the heat and humidity of Dar we have headed off to the mountains yet again but this time heading south west towards malawi

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