• chimpanzee in Mahale national park

    Visiting Mahale’s chimps on a bicycle (almost). Cycling in Western Tanzania.

    Zoom in to see exact roads we have biked. We were very happy to get back on our tandem again. Prior to that, 3 days were spent getting ourselves to Kigoma from Dodoma on a train and another 4 to fully recover from unknown fever symptoms. In the meantime I took care of our troubled rear wheel – had to true and re-tension the spokes again. We have also managed to find a rather rare battery for our film camera. We felt very ready for our next adventure! We estimated that the road ahead of us won’t be easy, but that is the main reason we wanted to ride it!…