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Dar es Salaam/Tanzania – Mumbai/India
For now I continue alone. Some mails were. ‚What is wrong with Maik?‘ ‚Is he a quitter?‘ A few words, like the thing is for me, without that I would like to explain Maik. Very briefly said, he has new goals. He does not capitulate, but the trip for him is successfully finished in Dar […]
Nairobi/Kenya – Dar es Salaam/Tanzania
It’s May and it’s Maik, here back home in Germany, with some notes about the last 2 weeks from Nairobi to the coast of the Indian Ocean. But first of all some news from Tom. He has got his Visa for India (after some trouble) yesterday afternoon and should sit in an airplane to Addis […]
Moyale/Ethiopia – Nairobi/Kenya
So it was Thursday the 29th, when we got our Kenyan entry stamps in our passports, had our first Kenyan lunch and cycled the first 60 km out of 520 km on this dirt road called „Trans East African Highway“. We met a couple from Berlin this afternoon, stopping with their 4×4 car on the […]
Addis Ababa/Ethiopia – Moyale/Ethiopia
It is Wednesday, the 11th of April, a rainy day here in Nairobi. Lunchtime. Best conditions for a web-session and some news about what happened the past three weeks since our last posts from Addis. We both hope you all are fine and have had a good time as well. Thanks again for all the […]
Gondar/Ethiopia – Addis Ababa/Ethiopia
So we are still in Addis Ababa, it is Tuesday, March 20th. We picked up our passports this morning with our new Ethiopian Visa. Then we went directly to the Kenian Embassy where we got the Visa, with some good will, within a few hours. We decided to stay one more night here in the […]
Khartoum/Sudan – Gonder/Ethiopia
Addis Ababa, that’s where we are right now, today, Monday, March 19th. Three weeks have passed since our departure from Khartoum. I hope you all are fine and happy and healthy! Springtime is coming! We arrived here last Friday around midday, right on time to apply for a new Ethiopian Visa, without paying the penalty […]
Aswan/Egypt – Khartoum/Sudan
Alright, there we are again. The sun is gone already, here in Khartoum, sending its beams to continents, islands and waters further west from Africa. It is Friday night. 7:30 pm. 25 C degrees outside. The aircondition is running. 4:30 pm in London. The office week is almost over! Do they still have the 2 […]
