Am I really halfway across the world?
In Tanzania for six months ,
Turkey for one ,
And on a 3 month bicycle trip?
I guess I am.
We started off the cycle in turkey and had quite a rough start.
We had our hotel car pick us up from our hotel and bring us to the bus station (otogar in turkish), but the car shows up half an hour late so we miss our bus but take another one at 8:30 which turns up at 9:00.
We finally boarded the bus and got on the road.
We arrive in Hayrabolo‘s otogar and found a nice alley to build our bikes.
We unpacked griffs bike first. His is the best and the lightest and goes together fine.
We moved onto mom and dad’s bike and have the slightest of problems with the front handle bar bag. We finally moved onto the tandem where disaster is sure to strike and it DID. We found out that the chain wheel had been supporting the bike in the box. In the process of the weight on it 5 teeth were bent and the main part was all asqugy(sp). Me and dad got driven around the town looking for solutions. We got driven to a guy with a press that said he would just break the whole thing and when all hope seemed lost a miracle happened!!!!!! The guy suddenly stopped at another place where they had a press and they pressed it and all was good. Well at least till now. Well let’s get on with the cycle…
Our first ride was 53k and let me tell you my but was sore.
I felt like I was going to faint of tiredness but I didn’t!!!
our second day we rode 41k and my but wasn’t too bad but still hurting.
916 right now and hoping to hit 1000 in two or three days!!!
My feeling on this trip is that I would and I wouldn’t want to go.
I would go because I like different countries and to have the privilege to say I rode 3000 km in 3 months!! I wouldn’t want to go because of missing home.
Greece: Greece was a fantastic place. Even though I was only there for 7hr I really enjoyed the places and the fabulous hot chocolates!!!!!! I could also tell a big difference between Greece and Turkey.
Bulgaria: Bulgaria was great and wish I could stay longer, although Bulgaria was pretty poor but was still very cool. I found that all the cities in Bulgaria have a centre square. Some people in Bulgaria look at as like “what the heck are you doing??” and some are actually quite interested in our bikes and us.
Romania: as I write this i'm sitting in Romania and find Romania is more wealthy and more expensive than Bulgaria and Greece. I again wish I had more time here. I found Romanians were more interested in our bikes but in someway it wasn’t my favorite country. But still would go again. One reason it was not my favorite country is because one time we got rocks thrown at us and the other reason is there was not a lot of hotels.
Saturday, May 2, 2009
Sunday, March 15, 2009
Saturday, February 28, 2009
hello every one (well every one thats there)
im in england!!!!!!
isn't it amazing that yesterday i was in africa this week im in eurup and next week i'll be in asi
well we had a 5 hr flight from dar es salaam to dubai and a 8 hr flight from dubai to london.
we flew on emerites (the best plane company out there),and man did they ever have good food!!(i had the kids meal witch had a mars bar in it!!! and for breakfast i got some stuff with a kit kat and m&m's!!!)
well flying to turkey in five days witch is going to be another great exprence!
see ya
sy
im in england!!!!!!
isn't it amazing that yesterday i was in africa this week im in eurup and next week i'll be in asi
well we had a 5 hr flight from dar es salaam to dubai and a 8 hr flight from dubai to london.
we flew on emerites (the best plane company out there),and man did they ever have good food!!(i had the kids meal witch had a mars bar in it!!! and for breakfast i got some stuff with a kit kat and m&m's!!!)
well flying to turkey in five days witch is going to be another great exprence!
see ya
sy
Thursday, February 26, 2009
after safari
Well it was a great Safari! We saw many things such as the elephant, Giraffe, hyena, warthog, mongoose, water buffalo, wildebeest, cheetah, rhino (also rhino beetle) lion (and ant lion), jackal, hippo, crocodile and lots and lots of BIRDS! Well, there is quite a bit I can’t remember or doesn’t come to my mind right now. We went with 2 medical student friends and a friend of theirs. Names: Medical students: Guy, Mark. Friend: Teana (like banana).
A funny part of the safari was when my dad would rage “The Gosh darn birds are hiding from me” or “I can hear them but I just cant seem to see them”. (We call him “a birder” now)
The owner of the lodge we stayed in at the Serengeti was from Barcelona. His name was Pepe.. He was very nice . The name of the lodge was Ikoma Safari lodge or safari camp. Pepe let me shoot his bow and arrow, but of course, he was better than me.
Also in the Serengeti our car broke down (we had to wait 2 hours, not even an animal or a bird to see).
We ended the safari driving back from the Serengeti down into the Ngorogoro Crater and saw more animals there. We came out of the crater and slept at a hostel (the mosquito nets were too small). The next day we drove to a T-shirt shop where I bought a shirt that says “endangered feces”. The animal feces that are on the T-shirt are Rhino, leopard and 2 others. We then went to another shop where I bought a rhino statue (my favorite animal) and a bracelet which I had, but ended up on my mom’s wrist. Before lunch we drove to the Lake Manyara Park and saw more animals and birds (we had some troubles getting into the Lake Manyara park because of money problems)
Finally we drove back to Arusha for the night. On the way we stopped at a snake park. We went to pay but it was 10 US dollars each. So we asked if our Residents permit lowered the price and sure enough the price was then 1000 shillings or 1 dollar. Ok, now lets talk about the snakes. Well first off, we saw a HUGE PYTHON !!!Now I’ll give you a story of what a python can do… “One day a Dutch Farmer goes missing in Malaysia. Some people find a sleepy fat python trapped under something. The people kill the snake , cut it open and there was the farmer inside “ (This is a real story !!). We also saw a Red spitting cobra, black momba (most venomous), green momba, puff adder, night adder, black forest cobra, and some crocodiles which were huge. Then we saw owls, and tortoises and other animals.
We took the bus to Moshi the next day and took a bus from Moshi to Muheza the day after that.
It was a fantastic safari and I wish you could see it.
A funny part of the safari was when my dad would rage “The Gosh darn birds are hiding from me” or “I can hear them but I just cant seem to see them”. (We call him “a birder” now)
The owner of the lodge we stayed in at the Serengeti was from Barcelona. His name was Pepe.. He was very nice . The name of the lodge was Ikoma Safari lodge or safari camp. Pepe let me shoot his bow and arrow, but of course, he was better than me.
Also in the Serengeti our car broke down (we had to wait 2 hours, not even an animal or a bird to see).
We ended the safari driving back from the Serengeti down into the Ngorogoro Crater and saw more animals there. We came out of the crater and slept at a hostel (the mosquito nets were too small). The next day we drove to a T-shirt shop where I bought a shirt that says “endangered feces”. The animal feces that are on the T-shirt are Rhino, leopard and 2 others. We then went to another shop where I bought a rhino statue (my favorite animal) and a bracelet which I had, but ended up on my mom’s wrist. Before lunch we drove to the Lake Manyara Park and saw more animals and birds (we had some troubles getting into the Lake Manyara park because of money problems)
Finally we drove back to Arusha for the night. On the way we stopped at a snake park. We went to pay but it was 10 US dollars each. So we asked if our Residents permit lowered the price and sure enough the price was then 1000 shillings or 1 dollar. Ok, now lets talk about the snakes. Well first off, we saw a HUGE PYTHON !!!Now I’ll give you a story of what a python can do… “One day a Dutch Farmer goes missing in Malaysia. Some people find a sleepy fat python trapped under something. The people kill the snake , cut it open and there was the farmer inside “ (This is a real story !!). We also saw a Red spitting cobra, black momba (most venomous), green momba, puff adder, night adder, black forest cobra, and some crocodiles which were huge. Then we saw owls, and tortoises and other animals.
We took the bus to Moshi the next day and took a bus from Moshi to Muheza the day after that.
It was a fantastic safari and I wish you could see it.
Thursday, February 19, 2009
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Thursday, January 1, 2009
food
Hello everyone, today I will be talking about the food in Muheza/Tanzania
Liquid
Products of Coca-Cola
1. We have Fanta Pineapple, Passion, Orange, and Black Current
2. Spar-letta Citrus, Ginger Beer, Pine Nut.
3. Krest Tonic water, Soda Water, Club Soda, Bitter Lemon
4. Coca-Cola
5. Sprite
Pepsi Products
1. Pepsi
2. We also have Marinda Orange, Lemon-Lime, and Fruity.
3. 7 Up
Anjari Products
1. Anjari Pineapple, Ice Cream, Orange.
2. Health-co purple.
Beer
1. (Kenyan) Tusker
2. Kilimanjaro
3. Safari
4. Serengeti
5. (S.African) Castle
Ceres
My favorite Ceres in Pear Apple but there is a lot of other types.
1. Pomegranate lime
2. Mixed berry
3. Sunshine mix
(more to come next week)
Alcohol (Scotch,
Gin)
A couple weeks ago Sally and my dad shared a scotch but I cant remember where it was from and what it was called.
Also when S and R were here the either bought a Bottle of Gin or it was already here ,but they would have Gin and Tonics after Work. On new years eve Alex and Emily
Had us over for dinner and they had Tanzanian Organic Brandy.
Breakfast
For a week when my mom and dad weren’t here in the mornings griff and me usually had a couple of Mandazee (like a donut but less sweat) for breakfast.
But now griff is making me either oatmeal or some sort of thing with eggs.
Occasional on weekends or on Holidays my mom will make French toast,or pancakes with baken and eggs (Rose’s recipe)(yum).
Lunch
For lunch on a usual day when are house keeper is here we have soup witch she makes. (Her name is Juliette). Each time it is the same soup but it tastes a little bit different.
But on weekend, holiday, or days we tell her not to make soup we have eggs, sandwiches, or leftovers. One time when 10 guests were here we homemade humus, bred, swished eggs, and some stuff I can’t remember.
Dinner
There is now main dinner because it varies every night. Some nights it wraps, or some night it Leah’s famous Tanzania pizza. We also have had fish from the market and people always make spaghetti on Wednesday. We have also had lezonya and a bunch of other stuff I cant remember. But out of all the good and bad dinners my favorite would have to be leah famous home made Organic Tanzania PIZZA.
Desert
For desert we’ve had a selection of foods. One time we’ve had banana ice cream with chocolate brownie. Or we’ve had two groups of people make bunofie pie!!!! And Rose of rose and sal made her famous banana bread and also rose thought Julittet how to make it so we’ve had roses and Juliet’s great banana bread.
Snacks
In Muheza there are a selection of snack including tic tac cracker, peanut brittle, crisps, peanuts, cashus, and a lot other stuff.
Treats, Chocolate bars, biscuits, and candy,
Here in Muheza you cant get a lot of treats but in tanga you can get everything that Muheza has plus more! Like the Snickers bar, mars bar, Bounty bar and a lot other bars. Plus Digestives cookies, assorted cookies, a lot of crap cookies, and some good cookies e.g. eat sum or short bread cookies. (Some is spelt sum on the package).
And those are the food and drinks from tanga and mostly MUHEZA.
Liquid
Products of Coca-Cola
1. We have Fanta Pineapple, Passion, Orange, and Black Current
2. Spar-letta Citrus, Ginger Beer, Pine Nut.
3. Krest Tonic water, Soda Water, Club Soda, Bitter Lemon
4. Coca-Cola
5. Sprite
Pepsi Products
1. Pepsi
2. We also have Marinda Orange, Lemon-Lime, and Fruity.
3. 7 Up
Anjari Products
1. Anjari Pineapple, Ice Cream, Orange.
2. Health-co purple.
Beer
1. (Kenyan) Tusker
2. Kilimanjaro
3. Safari
4. Serengeti
5. (S.African) Castle
Ceres
My favorite Ceres in Pear Apple but there is a lot of other types.
1. Pomegranate lime
2. Mixed berry
3. Sunshine mix
(more to come next week)
Alcohol (Scotch,
Gin)
A couple weeks ago Sally and my dad shared a scotch but I cant remember where it was from and what it was called.
Also when S and R were here the either bought a Bottle of Gin or it was already here ,but they would have Gin and Tonics after Work. On new years eve Alex and Emily
Had us over for dinner and they had Tanzanian Organic Brandy.
Breakfast
For a week when my mom and dad weren’t here in the mornings griff and me usually had a couple of Mandazee (like a donut but less sweat) for breakfast.
But now griff is making me either oatmeal or some sort of thing with eggs.
Occasional on weekends or on Holidays my mom will make French toast,or pancakes with baken and eggs (Rose’s recipe)(yum).
Lunch
For lunch on a usual day when are house keeper is here we have soup witch she makes. (Her name is Juliette). Each time it is the same soup but it tastes a little bit different.
But on weekend, holiday, or days we tell her not to make soup we have eggs, sandwiches, or leftovers. One time when 10 guests were here we homemade humus, bred, swished eggs, and some stuff I can’t remember.
Dinner
There is now main dinner because it varies every night. Some nights it wraps, or some night it Leah’s famous Tanzania pizza. We also have had fish from the market and people always make spaghetti on Wednesday. We have also had lezonya and a bunch of other stuff I cant remember. But out of all the good and bad dinners my favorite would have to be leah famous home made Organic Tanzania PIZZA.
Desert
For desert we’ve had a selection of foods. One time we’ve had banana ice cream with chocolate brownie. Or we’ve had two groups of people make bunofie pie!!!! And Rose of rose and sal made her famous banana bread and also rose thought Julittet how to make it so we’ve had roses and Juliet’s great banana bread.
Snacks
In Muheza there are a selection of snack including tic tac cracker, peanut brittle, crisps, peanuts, cashus, and a lot other stuff.
Treats, Chocolate bars, biscuits, and candy,
Here in Muheza you cant get a lot of treats but in tanga you can get everything that Muheza has plus more! Like the Snickers bar, mars bar, Bounty bar and a lot other bars. Plus Digestives cookies, assorted cookies, a lot of crap cookies, and some good cookies e.g. eat sum or short bread cookies. (Some is spelt sum on the package).
And those are the food and drinks from tanga and mostly MUHEZA.
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