Dag 17 / Day 17

Ek het Malawi met sy besonderse meer gegroet en vroeg in die pad geval. Dit was egter net 46 km grenspos toe maar ek wou vroeg daar wees voor dit te besig word. So op my pad na die grenspos, verstom ek my nog steeds aan die mense hier, wat sommer hulle eie steen makery praktiseer en huisies bou. Daar was egter geen probleme by die grenspos nie en was vinnig klaar en deur na Tanzanie.

Dis was dadelik opvallend dat hoe verder noord ek gaan, hoe slegter word die paaie en moet ek so moet ek my spoed ook aanpas. Mens het ook nie nodig om vêr in Tanzanie in te ry om jou eerste tee plantasie te sien nie. Hier is dit ‘n groot bron van inkomste vir die mense in die landelike gebiede en die tee word sommer so teen die walle en in die klowe geplant.

Glad nie maklik om te "navigate" tussen die klein dorpies deur nie. Dit was ‘n laaaang 450 km vandag maar arriveer veilig by The Old Farm House – Kisilanga.

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I said goodbye to Malawi with its beautiful lake, on my way to the border post only 46km. Again there was no problems at the border post and soon I entered Tanzania.

Believe me, it's not easy to navigate your way through all the small towns with there crowded streets. The further north I travel, the more the road conditions worsen and I had to adjust my speed to a much slower pace.

You do not have to travel too far before the first tea plantations start to show. This is a huge income to the people in the rural area and is a beautiful sight.

Today was a loooooong 450km, but again I arrived safely at the “The Old Farm House – Kisilanga.


Brick Works


Tanzanian Border Post


Tanzanian Tee Plantation


The Old Farm House