14 October 09
A relaxing night staying in beach huts on a peninsular just off Dar Es Salaam, where we partied late last night. After all the hard work everyone was relieved and exhausted.Chilled on the beach all day and then headed back to the airport to fly home. A very tiring flight…
12 October 09
Oh joy, we had a lie in to 7 am and then spent the morning at the Faraja project supported by ICT, based in the slums of Morogoro.They work with HIV AIDS, have a water project and we went to their school which is for those affected by broken families,…
9 October 09
An early start again and it was roasting at 7am when we left. We had a short coach transfer due to some road problems but were delayed owing to a rat in the coach.Yuk.We cycled during the morning through some beautiful rolling farm trails passing hamlets, and plantations of pineapple,…
8 October 09
This year I will be cycling 400km through Tanzania (off road), to raise money for International Childcare Trust (where I am a Trustee) to help children and their families with HIV and Aids in our projects in Morogoro. Having seen ICT’s projects in Cambodia,Sri Lanka,India,and Kenya, I am expecting great…
8 October 09
Another grueling day in paradise. We woke again at 5am and were on our bikes by 6.30.We cycled all day over undulating hills; I would guess about 100 in all and in total our route rose 2000 metres, on some very dirty tracks. There were a few crashes as we…
7 October 09
We had a quick swim in the sea, as there were no showers and the water had run out.Another tough day 61km through more of the park and then we started climbing through the hill villages. We rose about 1000 feet in the day, and it was seriously hot, with…
6 October 09
Monday comprised 77km of tough dirt track and a small track along a railroad. There were quite a lot of casualties and drop outs with people head planting off the railroad. Maggie our chief exec got a real shiner.In the afternoon we entered the Saadani National Park where giraffe, water…
5 October 09
Today our journey began. I really must try to train more next time. We set out from the centre of Dar Es Salaam and got lost after about 10 mins.Our route took us along some very busy roads through lots of towns and villages before heading off road and into…
4 October 09
We arrived in Dar Es Salaam, via Nairobi feeling exhausted and met the team, 40 cyclists from all points of the globe and a few colourful characters some of whom were with us last year when we undertook Cycle India.We did our bike fittings and then cycled around the coast…
3 October 09
The flight from London was pretty uneventful. We flew over notable cities like Tripoli, which was once Italian apparently, Entebbe, Addis Ababa and Cairo. I think we were on Coconut Airways as my seat was broken and my TV did not work.
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