Pedalling to paddle
Heather sends us:
I woke up in a dodgy guesthouse (which I’m almost certain doubled as a brothel), and jumped on my trusty mountain bike to ride the final 50 km from Mzuzu to Lake Malawi
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Jagging fish in the backwaters
John sends us:
Walking back to my campsite in the fading sunlight I began chatting to some local boys. They were trying to catch small fish isolated in the shallow backwaters of Lake Malawi.
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Walking with Kabwenkha
This is interesting:
I pulled into a small shop on an otherwise desolate stretch of road to take in a cold drink
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Malawi’s welcoming waters
Hank sent us a link to this:
I woke up early to a foul stench and occasional grunting, and suddenly remembered that 2m directly below the window of my guesthouse room was a piggery
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An uphill bicycle battle
Thanks John, for pointing out:
With only 70km to cover on my pedalie I was hoping today would be relatively cruisey
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On the bike again…
This is interesting:
Since waving goodbye to the Kumuka overland truck I had hitched a ride on, I had spent three days cycling through southern Tanzania
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Truck’n past the big beasts
Interesting:
The time had come to make my way south-east towards Malawi after a relaxing break on the Tanzanian coast
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Negotiating Blood
Came across this today:
This month we feature a book by Hannilie H. Zulu entitled Negotiating Blood. The book is an authoritative African voice on African issues. For decades, we have heard people from the Western world speaking of Africa: What is the problem and what is the solution? What do the Africans want? How can […]
The Olympic spirit at Mikadi
Found this:
Large towns in Kenya and Tanzania had offered me the rare treat of television coverage, and Dar es Salaam was no exception
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Life on the streets of Dar
David told us about:
Dar es Salaam on Tanzania’s coastline is not your standard bustling metropolis
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