TRIP 4 – Marsabit to Moyale

01 jan 2015 Marsabit to Moyale I leave Marsabit and head north. The road is tarred for the first 100 km and very good conditions, affermage is gravel road for 150 km with some bit tarred due to work in progress. The desert around the new road is a stones desert quite impressive, beside the …

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TRIP 4 – Arba Minch to Dinsho

6 January 2014 Arba Minch to Dinsho, 444 km After a nice Ethiopian breakfast, we leave the hotel and start the ride toward the Bale Mountains. We will head North an then East to start the ascent to Dinsho. Once again we don’t find fuel at the petrol stations but only at the black market. …

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TRIP 4 – Bale Mountains

07 jan 2015 As agreed last night, we visit the Bale Mountains with Daniele and Patrizia. Amazing mountains… The landscape changes with the altitude passing from forest to a desolated and low vegetation rocky landscape at 4000m. There are several “alpine” lakes and several endemic plants. We reach the high point at 4200m and then …

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TRIP 4 – Bale to Langano lake

08 jan 2015 Bale to Langano lake The plan today is to leave the Bale Mountains and get to Langano make, one of the few bilharzia and crocs free lakes in Ethiopia. We get ready to leave, clothes on, helmet fastened etc… and my bike doesn’t start! F…k! We have to unpack the bike again, …

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TRIP 4 – Langano lake

09 jan 2015 Still at Langano lake Today we relax at the lodge. We go out Kayaking and I try some fishing using my spinning fishing rod that I am carrying all over Africa without catching anything… Also today I don’t catch anything but sun! I am so impressed about the result of the pants …

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TRIP 4 – Langano lake to Addis

10 jan 2015 Langano lake to Addis In the morning I get me bags half dried and I start packing. Then we ave a comic scene with the “manager” of the lodge that has some difficulty with arithmetic and also charged us with additional costs due to VAT and taxes not included in the price …

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TRIP 4 – Turmi to Arba Minch

5 Jan 2015 Turmi to Arba Minch Today we pick up our tent and prepare to leave Turmi to get Arba Minch. It is a 5 h drive, via Konso. While leaving, we sow a lot if hammers walking toward Turmi carrying different products such as wood, tobacco, leather, goats etc… We realise than that …

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TRIP 4 – Moyale to Konso

02 Jan 2015 Moyale to Konso (328 km tot, 160 km off-road. The first thing we did is to get more cash at the ATM. The second thing is to look for fuel. Surprise surprise… The is no fuel in all the petrol stations of Moyale!!! I am dry and Norman too. We than look …

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TEIP 4 – Turmi

4 jan 2015 Stay at buska lodge In the morning, after a nice breakfast, we went to Kolcho to visit the Karo tribe. Of course we offloaded the bikes first! My 640 without bags feels so light!! It was a great off-road track of about 55 km. Very very amusing. We passed through few villages of …

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TRIP 4 – Zanzibar

21 dec 2014 The day in Zanzibar starts late. I couldn’t sleep the last night and I ended up watching the last movie of Nightmares (Freddy) at two am… The result is that I woke up late and I was on the street at 11:00. The stone town is nice and there are plenty of …

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