Signed Sealed And Delivered
There you go Mia. The Elephants have their letter. I can only apologise as to the late delivery, six months is a little long………
Suger Land Express
You should see the queue for sugar…..OMG…..its nearly as big as the one for fuel. In actual fact is probably longer.Thanks for the pointers on fuel but we are getting out of Malawi and coming back. i’m getting a card…
Fuel Glorious Fuel
The trip to the National Park in Malawi is cancelled. Thanks to a bit of irresponsible travelling and a stuck lorry which we had to drive around (a rather long way to get 150meters past it where the detour came…
Run Forrest Run
Matilda has a new set of legs……Air bags gone. Helper springs fitted at the “healthy!” price of £216 (UK) or 550,000 TSH. The garage didn’t have any so in true African style stole some off another car in the garage…
Darn It
it may work better than epoxy….by darn i mean damn and blast and the woollen thing you grannie does to your socks. My epoxy didn’t hold and neither did the three bolts put in for good measure.To my father, you…
Too Fast Two Furious
We got a speeding ticket the other day. 30,000TSH for the ticket or 15,000 for “the bribe” we opted for the plea bargain and paid 13,000TSH. We did go back to check the speed was posted on the sign before…
Mouse Hunt
we have a hitch hiker….we noticed that rather than using the toilet bottle i have to use a little critter has done his business all over the car. We emptied the car and cleaned and couldn’t find it but did find poo…
Long Way Round
I bet the team of helpers for those two bikers never let them drive 140miles for no reason.Matilda was in a hurry to get to a recommended campsite on the lake called Malawi. She was driving at night through 75cm…
A Clean Slate
actually a clean sheet. For those of a sensitive disposition please look away now……
Two Time Winners
Again we have free accomodation in Morogoro at Dragonaires. We really like it here, not only because Guy Mcdonald the owner his wife ans son (also called Neil) have given us a free room for the second time the staff here are…
Paparazzi
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Into The Blue
after leaving Morogoro and the free hotel, car wash and beer luxury we have moved on to Dar Es Salaam and the Beach Campsite at Kigamboni (or something like that..). This is a nice place with one fatal flaw….they don’t…
Accomodations Problems
Last night we stayed in Dodoma (the Capital City of Tanzania) and arrived late and as per usual this combined with a late arrival means problems finding somewhere to stay. For one, its dark and there’s no street lights at all…
Talk About Ripping Off Tourists
but i want to talk about it.Ngorongoro Crater….Two locals in their car $14usdTwo UK citizens in their car $420usdnow whats logical of fair in that. We chould charge all foreign tourists in the UK 3000% more…….Angry, you have no idea.
Jason And The Arguments
We left Mombasa and carried on back to Voi to go to Taveta to cross into Tanzania. We stopped at the same Total Petrol station to get lunch and ditch all the Kenyan money on fuel. Its cheaper here than…