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Monthly Archives: May 2014

Africa

Lunch time in Malawi

22 May 2014 admin Leave a comment

Along Lake Malawi, there are many villages which range from quite tumbleweed kind of places to busy villages with lots of commerce, taxi?s and people milling around. Around midday, i look for somewhere to stop and get to have an interesting coversation, or two…

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The carpenter, Malawi

22 May 2014 admin Leave a comment

was enjoying a relaxed ride along the shorline of Lake Malawi from Nkhotakota to Nkhata Bay. Out of the corner of my eye i thought i saw a guy hollowing out a tree trunk, so being a little nosey, i turned around to see what he was up to…

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The Snake Park near Arusha, Tanzania looks after injured snakes and also has a surgery with anti-venoms • <a style="font-size:0.8em;" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/50948792@N02/14397642275/" target="_blank">View on Flickr</a>
My BMW F800GS Adventure with a group of Harley's at the shorefront in Maputo, Mozambique • <a style="font-size:0.8em;" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/50948792@N02/14210370218/" target="_blank">View on Flickr</a>
A pair of fish eagles nesting above the Kazinga Channel at Queen Elizabeth National Park, Uganda • <a style="font-size:0.8em;" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/50948792@N02/14330681449/" target="_blank">View on Flickr</a>
Map of Africa, Wilderness, South Africa • <a style="font-size:0.8em;" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/50948792@N02/15247227526/" target="_blank">View on Flickr</a>
This freshly graded dirt road near Tofo, Mozambique was a pleasure to ride along. • <a style="font-size:0.8em;" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/50948792@N02/14417167743/" target="_blank">View on Flickr</a>
I was taken for a tour of the sights of Maputo, Mozambique by this group of Harley riders. • <a style="font-size:0.8em;" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/50948792@N02/14210385970/" target="_blank">View on Flickr</a>
Chillies, pickles and piri-piri sauce available at the municipal market in Maputo, Mozambique. • <a style="font-size:0.8em;" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/50948792@N02/14210397160/" target="_blank">View on Flickr</a>
Morocco: A craftsman adding the leaf effect to a copper template in the kazbah, Marrakesh, Morocco • <a style="font-size:0.8em;" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/50948792@N02/10113231493/" target="_blank">View on Flickr</a>
A stall holder with onions, tomatos and other veg., near iringa, Tanzania • <a style="font-size:0.8em;" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/50948792@N02/14372959336/" target="_blank">View on Flickr</a>

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