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Highlights of the Dar to Lilongwe stretch of Cycle to the Summit have included some super cycling and World Cup football action. We cycled through Mikumi National Park where we saw elephant, giraffe, zebra and buffalo, before crossing into Malawi to see first hand the famine situation that is featuring in the UK press. We also learned about the increasing problems associated with the AIDS epidemic. We are currently enjoying the hospitality and company of our friend Sutapa in Lilongwe. Over the next few days we will visit WaterAid and plan for the final stages of our journey to the Earth Summit in Johannesburg.

Cycle to the Summit Part 17 - Dar es Salaam to Lilongwe

Toby Hammond
2006-06-25 20:12:13

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15th May 2002 - 29th May 2002 - Dar Es Salaam and Zanzibar

We gave our bikes and legs a two week holiday as we relaxed in Dar Es Salaam, visited Zanzibar and saw some more of WaterAid's work. In Dar we stayed with Zoë and Roy who run an eco-safari company - Tembowengi - and we are very grateful for their hospitality and tips on Zanzibar and the national parks around Tanzania. We did a live radio interview with AM Live - a South African Broadcasting Corporation radio programme and received television and newspaper coverage as a result of our WaterAid visit. Zanzibar was superb. We swam with dolphins, hired motorbikes to explore the island, met some great people, ate some very nice seafood and drank cocktails while watching the sun set over the Indian Ocean …and then it was back on the bikes.

29th May 2002 - Dar Es Salaam to Chalinze - 84km

We left the heat of Dar and retraced our tracks towards Chalinze where we had been two weeks earlier. This was the first time on our trip where we have (intentionally) covered the same stretch of road twice. We passed the same stallholders selling everything from oranges to bamboo furniture and arrived at the C.O.S. petrol station where we had stayed before. Construction work seemed to have progressed very slowly - or 'pole pole' as they say in Swahili, but we didn't complain as it meant we could once again sleep amongst the bricks and rubble of the half built service station.

30th May 2002 - Chalinze to Morogoro - 118km

We've seen a lot of road construction on our journey through Africa and today brought back memories of Sudan and Ethiopia as we cycled along on a temporary road surface amidst a cloud of dust. Also, since the terrain became much more mountainous, memories of Ethiopia flooded back, although fortunately the beautiful scenery ...