In the morning Dirk has a jr. Assistant.

hulp

At eight the church ceremony starts, the church is right behind our guesthouse, and all the people are walking by. They are beautiful dressed.

in de kerk

During packing the cars, a lot of people are watching us for hours.

jongenhout

Leaving the place is also not without notice.

wegrijden

The area is getting greener. The hills are still very steep

onderweg

During the trip we are a several times stopped by the police, they just ask a few questions and want to see the car before we continue.

police

To get a 5 degrees Celcius better cooling, Dirk removed the hood.

motorkap

We are not sure if we have the good direction, so Trudy asks a couple of ladies. They do a little dance for the picture.

askroute

dansje

You can see that it is really Sunday. People are sitting in front of their houses, just like during the week.

We find a very nice tree for the lunch.

It is getting more green and a lot of banana trees.

groen

Right before Tukuyu we go off road for the campsite. Inge likes the low gear.

Ingeoffroad

Do you have cold beer? Yes
Do you have a hot shower? Yes
Okee, than we stay at your place.
Fortunately they have no beer and no shower, only a bucket of hot water.

His mother Mary prepared a nice meal for us.

After diner we make a fire.

vuurtje

Today we did a beautiful 194 kilometres.
Tomorrow we go for the Malawi border!!!!!

Dirk & DJ

Saturday 13 october

After 2 days of working on the car, we hit the road again!

About 140km to go.

It’s a project to get the Land Rover filled with all the stuff. But after sending the website updates with the satellite modem, and Trudy checking the route we’re moving!

modem

We have a very nice view when riding from upwards to downwards

dor

At Makambako Trudy spotted a supermarket, the first sinceSudan, she’s really happy.

supermarkt

For lunch we have to search for some shade, it’s not easy but in the end we find some.

route to lunch

On the road we see a lot of houses and farms, they are different than the ones inFriesland.

overview

Around 16:00 we find the Hospital that is also part of the mission, and we ask for a sleeping place,Jacksonbrings us to a guesthouse.

hospital

It’s not the Amstel hotel but still…

hotel01

The first price of the owner is 15.000 each. After some talking Dirks makes the price 4.000 each. Good job Dirk! We don’t want to pay for the cat’s fiddle.

There is no kitchen in the Guesthouse but we can use the ‘terras’ and the ‘lobby’ for cooking and eating.

kitchen

The cars can stand in front of the house

street01

Today we did a 149km.

Tomorrow we go further up the road for theMalawiborder.

DJ

Thursday 11 and Friday 12 october

Today is a day of working on the Ford, probably tomorrow also.

This is because of the broken fusee yesterday, Dirk wants to check all the wheels, and change also the right fusee.

sleutelenDirk

The LandRover needs also a modification. The protection plate of the rear cardan needs to be modified. Is was bumping the fuel tank.

sleutelenDJ

beschermkap

Trudy works on the administration.

Trudy

And Trudy and Inge make the English translation text for the website.

IngeTrudy

Around this campsite you can do a few walks, one is to a lake, there are a couple of the 300 cows of the owner of the campsite.

meertje

koeien en trudy

We searched for hours, but did not find any Lions..

verrekijker

Another trip is for viewing the sunset, really quick sunset, it takes the sun 3min to dissapear..

zonsondergang

In the ´dream kitchen´ of Trudy it´s fun to do the dishes.

Droomkeuken

In the evening Inge learns how to play ´Jokeren´, Dirk wins the game..

jokeren

Dirk has changed also the tube of the airfilter, now the filter is almost direct on the carburator. This in combination with the re routed fuel pipe must result in a good running T.

After fixing this we make a test ride, and he runs perfect!

proefrit

2 days of working on the car, is not for the cat his fiddle geweest…

Tomorrow we go for Makamako.

DJ

Wednesday 10 october

Today we are going to Makambako. We leave at 10.30 am.

rijden01

After a few kilometres, the model T runs not good,

We assumed that the re-routing of the fuel line would solve this, but unfortunately it is not solved yet.

Dirk changes the carburetor and after one hour we are on the road again.

carb wissel

The Model T is still not ok, Dirk removes the air filter.

When we are rolling again, something terrible happened. Dirk-jan and Inge see that the right front wheel of the model T is braking off!

It was scaring to see.

wiel01

Trudy and Dirk step out of the car, what is happened?!

wiel02

We decided to repair it the African way, we put bunches of wood on the road as a warning triangle.

Sleutelen01

The fuse pen is broken on two places.

schade

We are sitting on the road, and started to remove the broken parts.

wiel los01

wiel los02

Luckily we have the broken parts on stock in the LandRover stockhouse.

afrikaans sleutelen

It’s getting warmer and warmer, Trudy and Inge give us food and drinks.

cateringteam

The stearingrod has bean bend, it doesn’t fit anymore.

sleutelen stuurstang01

We have a new one and replace it.

sleutelen stuurstang02

The people who are watching us started with 3, and is getting more

toeschouwers01

toeschouwers02

After assembling the new parts the wheel can be replaced.

monterenwiel

After 4 hours of working is it fixed!!! Good job guys!

vader en zoon

We make a test drive, its rolling again!

rijden02

We decided to go back were we came from. We are happy there was no accident with braking the wheel, it was in slow speed..

Tomorrow Dirk will work on the car again.

Inge, DJ and Trudy

Tuesday 9 October

Today is a rest day. No driving.

This night we used the sleeping bags for the first time. That’s because it’s 1800m above sea level.

camp

Trudy does the laundry, the water is heated by a wood fire. Works perfect

ketel

Dirk-jan and Inge are working on the reports for the website.

verslagen

The mattress is still leak, today we try a type of glue..

lijm

Dirk has edited the routing of the fuel piping. Now it’s totally outside the chassis U-profile. So less heat of the exhaust.

leiding

After winning some information, we decided to edit the route throughZambia, first we want to go toMalawi, ride beside the Lake, and go more south into Zambia heading Lusaka.

We end the day by tasting different kinds of African beer

biertjes