Wednesday, December 31, 2008

Back in Muheza


This is the after shot of my first major wipeout on the bike. As Sefu called that I am now black. Many major cuts all over my body. I feel I got away un scathed and I was laughing 5 minutes later. Sefu lately has been riding with us and taking some enjoyment of it. We have our usual loop that he has done 5-6 times and on the occasion we will do our long loop which involves a 10 minute no peadleing segment which he and I love to race.
Julliette was booged down with cloths from our 8 day Zanzibar trip. The laundry basket was overflowing. Having left the flash drive in the pockets of my shorts I realized that that was now in the wash. Quick moements saved the fob and all the documents on it. It didn’t quite get fully water drenched so it was easily savable and was then tested on the big computer at the hospital because if any computer here is going to need some reason for replacement it is that one.
We have now become somewhat into Turkey and Bike Trip planning. With the help of google maps we got down some distances and starting to give others who might join us some idea of where we are going to be. The route is slowly taking shape and google maps may tell us that the highway is fastest but that is not really what we are looking for.
Zanzibar finished with a bang. A 2 and a half hour truck/daladala ride with at least 30 people meant that there was some amount of money being handed over at the police stops. The classic moment was when our little truck licenced to carry 20 drove past a larger bus licencedto carry 30 when we had 30 oursleves. Met some Solvakian volunteers who were just finishing there time in Uganda doing teaching about “good” agriculture with the aspects of composting, no deforestation and land consevation. They were saying a lot of the same stuff about time that we say in the sense of they were there for 6 months and it took 3 months to get the compost up and running. First just apile of waste, then a hole with garbage and yard waste and so on. We got there email and wl contact them again.
We are back to our usual routine of Math, and English. Brain needs a refresher from not doing it for a week. Nice to be back in Muheza. Will post again soon
G

2 comments:

Sally and Rose said...

Ow - looks bad.

Lukas Blakk said...

Wow - looks like quite the spill. Sounds like you'll be quite the accomplished off-road cyclist when you return.