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JUNE 2022
By Duncan Bennett, Member #4171
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AFRICAN REFLECTIONS Part 3
security project while standing next to the world’s fifth largest body of fresh water, just throw a pump in mate!
e ended Part 2 in Tanzania just past half-way down the continent. It was time for some hard riding as we’d had a big half-time break on the Serengeti, the Ngorongoro Crater and Zanzibar. I was hard riding on Stan’s Tiger 800XC, The Precious was still out of action, and tension was mounting as we headed toward hopeful congress with a shipment of new spokes in Malawi.
2014 Gold Coast Airport Marathon Volunteer shirt worn by a bloke who had never heard of the Gold Coast Part 3: Malawi to Zimbabwe It’s Lilongwe to Tete if you want your spokes to roll The Malawi immigration facilities reverted back to fairly primitive, and the crowds of ‘tween border money exchangers and food sellers and plastic bottle collecting kids were out in force. Combined with the humidity along the plains to the west of the enormous Lake Malawi, it could be a little trying. A noticeable feature of Malawi was the obvious presence of aid support to what was a surprisingly poor community. Signs were everywhere with EU organisations, World Vision, and other charity groups advertising their food security or water security projects. It can be a At Malawi border and no longer sugar coating it; little weird talking to a volunteer about their water Arusha barber’s hair food has failed
