MONEY!!

I just rode 169.2 kilometers! Check it out on #strava: http://app.strava.com/activities/48575551
Another beautiful day starting at a high point then decending down into a valley and back up to a high point to finish off making it a fast morning for tomorrow -nice  just about ran over a small snake today had my feet locked into the pedals so Couldn't lift them up arr! listening to music most of the day drowning out the demand
s for money its a bit ot a game but it makes you wonder if giving money and aid is helping these guys or how do they see the people giving? Not so much English language available here a lot of the time some people just say yes then yes then yes I call them the yesmen 'This onecop told me yesterday that you have to get married by 18years here he marvelled when I told him that I am 34 and single -soI pondered these people tor a bit to try and work out why they are the way they are -big question also why do we give these guys so much aid? Seems likethey have  the resources here?
Another thing I pondered was some peoples blame on God for the starving people of Africa-These guys aren' t starving I don't feel sorry for them anymore they can and have to help themselves otherwise I'm pretty sure they will lose there countries and end up getting ruled pretty basic

Heavy load

Having some mango juice at the end of a great day

Grabbing some biscuits and some chewing gum

Azonqo...MONEY!

Catching up on Some things and trying to make my blogging etc a bit more user friendly - I'm looking in an audio application also speech to txt applications SO for now my phone has a styli's pen that converts writing to txt its a lot quicker than typing on a key board for me so here we go   Ihave uploaded a whole lot of photo's to see how the blog would handle it so let me know how it works from the other end In quessinq they Will take a while to load? So last time I blogged I stopped over at this motel to copy my microsd Cards over to my externa hard drive well I realise these thing take time -lesson learn't there anyway it was nice to swim in the pool have air con and eat pizza and strawberry milkshakes! by the way In trying to change th settings on my blog so I can put descriptions under the photo's so I can explain - there is so mUch to see and to write about everyday it just blows me away!!! So I'll do my best to catchup then to stay ontop of my game have to say it is much bEtter now my witi remote is pairin correctly with m qopro Camera! had to do a manual reset  interesting learning th stuff then getting it done with limited communication   great to have customer support sites!!! So now I'm in mbeya in Tanzania getting things straight out phew - trying to find an Airtel shop to registrar my Sim card amongst the hundreds of shops that advertise Airtel products ha ha -not so much enqlish speak in here  - another lesson learn't get it done at the border! Well there another story - after having so much fun and feel in the love in Malawai to daylight robbery at the border  - Yes I got Worked stay away from those money changers - ha ha got the shitty prick back the next day videoed his face had the police ready walked him by the neck to the cell   -.. now Who's your daddy!! So I Wasn't sure it I Was going to get some Tanzanian shillings so thought Id change Some Money on the black market  I know how I should have done it  anyway he swiped Som money off the bottom and before I knew it they were all disappearing on motorbikes  they took the eqUivalent of $30 - took a little while to get the money back as he lied to my face  they tried to only pay about halt then the police man Want half for helping me I don't think SO buddy eventually this guys moth turned up with the remainder   so t pretty mUch  just Wanted to get out of town So thats Why I didn't get my SIM card registared

Manual unloading and loading next to the timber mills

Mega upload

This guy must have been traveling about 30kmph with a load of about 2-3 hundred kilos heading down hill towards a corner -look at the guy flying ! he did a sharp turn at the end to shake off the momentum, lucky there was no traffic there!

Happy guy with his knife sharpening business

Bananarama

Tea plantations

Elevated view from the road

A lolly scramble for the kids - man they got excited

Great balance- Strong woman

Drying Maize-Rice or whatever on the tarmac - Sometimes when you order food you might get the old crunch

Using the river to clean the carrots the sacking them up in the rain - Nice carrots too

The production line boots and all

Amaizing

Nothing stops these guys

Dried fish for sale on the side of the road

Morning!

The guy on the left ripped me off - Ha ha now whos your daddy

Having a dance to the bin drum on the road - These guys know how to have fun

The cutest kids chanting Whiteman whiteman in their language -Had to stop them didnt want too much attention in a small village

Got you !

Roadside shack

Interesting landscapes

The wheel and the man

Pulling up the dragnet on lake Malawai

Try again

A load of grass  probably to sell also for animal feed

Changing money on the black market

A bamboo bridge the was built over a hundred years ago - Pretty cool!

Got your nappies on buddy!

Drying tabacco to sell this guy showed me around his village and rolled a smoke from part of a leaf

Bring home the bacon

Tailormade and handmade

Kill it and sell it as is where is

Before and after

That guy with the bike has White skin

Roadside stall - a bucket of beans

Local butchery

Fishing boats Lake Malawi

Look at this Champion ! with 10km to go loaded with firewood probably for use and for sale

Sundried sardines - they called them - A source of protein

Awesome fishing boats all made by hand

Leaving Zambia

Helping these guys pull in their drag net

Chitimba camp - what a beautiful place ! Cheers Ed!

The old maize thief caught by a dog and dragged down the road still alive - I felt sorry for the poor thing and asked if I could kill it - It needed doing pretty brutal with the axe but someone had to do it !

Colourful roads under construction

Another view walking over the bamboo bridge , just happened to see the sign for this on the side of the road and didnt even have to ask a a guide was there ready to show me where it was for a small price of course

Kids out with their cattle taking a look at me

Bus stop

These guys loved watching me kill the Baboon - I think they loved the intensity of how I performed the task 

Had to concentrate with the small axe head

Pretty cool

I was cycling past these guys , they were loading their truck with timber they asked if I wanted some lunch - It was all in! Noticed a used condom on the ground next to one of the bowls when we finished eating

Come on mate change your filter - I'm trying to breath !