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Celebrating Toby's 24th Birthday in style in Nairobi. Spending a few days talking to students of the Moshi International School. Being offered a nights accomodation at a very posh hotel on the way to Kenyan border. Sleeping in a variety of places including a restaurant, mosque and a service station. Paul and Owy's lucky escape from thieves. Relaxing on the beaches of Tiwi before making our way down to Dar Es Salaam.

Cycle to the Summit Part 16 - Nairobi to Dar es Salaam

Toby Hammond
2006-06-25 20:04:17

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Glances from the saddle:
Pictures on the back of buses including:
• The Queen Mother,
• Alex Ferguson (coach of Manchester United),
• The Pope and the words Allah on the same bus?
Messages on the back of bus:
• 'You will learn from us'
• 'Armageddon'
• 'In GOD we Trust' (this I took as some form of insurance disclaimer).
Things sold to waiting bus passengers through window:
• Small coffee tables
• Plastic bags
• Skinned sheep carcass
• Live chickens

Handstands in Nairobi

After celebrating Toby's birthday and holding the funniest handstand competition I have ever seen, we left Nairobbery with much enthusiasm towards the Tanzania border. We took advantage of the truck weighing pads at the border and weighed all our bikes. Toby refused to believe his bike was the lightest demanding a recount but all together the bikes came in at just under 200kg, contenders for the heavy weight cycle touring division. We had our first taste of Tanzanian food that night as we dined on fresh fish cooked in coconut sauce with rice. Now, having come through a few countries already you would expect that we would have the whole money changing thing down pat. But for some reason we are currently in a muddle, money between us is owed in Ethiopian Birr, American Dollars, Pounds Stirling, Kenyan Shillings and now Tanzanian Shillings. Working out who owes who in what currency, then converting these from one currency to another is nothing short of tedious. We have given in to some vague form of double entry account keeping method devised by Paul that seems to keep everything in check.

Hartebeast Steak

The many faces of Africa have revealed themselves to us over the past two week. Whilst staying at the Moshi International School the meat eaters ...