Rapid ride by my standards, need a rest.Woke up at 6 and off by 7 Campsite was very quiet after Saturday night. Roads were busy and ride to Moshi uneventful. Clouds over the mountains so did not see the big ones. Got past Moshi, met a couple of lads on 250s from Belgium, said roads were so bad they had done enough and just wanted to get to Dar and fly home. We headed south towards Same, along the edge of the Masai Steppes and Asambara mountains, rough but ok at 50 so went off on my own again, Views and roads were enjoyable, was thinking of stopping at about 2. Suddenly hit roadworks, diversion or a rough track alongside the roadworks. Bike handled like **** but needs must. Gps shook loose, then bike display went bike kept running and had to take tank off to fiddle with connectors.
Kept riding, 350 miles until I came to guest house, well all I can say it was a bed and roof. Woke up at 6 next morning and headed off.

I aimed for a town called Morogoro, it was a main road with lots of HGV, funny to watch the way all crab down the road and when they hit a bump can go off in any direction. Deep tracks in the tarmac again but at least it is tarmac. Was going to stop for breakfast in town but it was off the main road and heaving so turned left and headed up the Uluguru mountains along a road marked dangerous for next 8k, steep hills, slow lorries and tight bends.
All very true, lorries traveling up hill at 1mph and others coming down hill at the same speed and hundreds of them. Met one jackknifed, another just ran out of steam in front of me and several broken down all on a road no wider than 7 mile lane. At one point my pegs where lifting as they hit the edges of the deep tracks in the tarmac. Beautiful scenery but little time to see it and nowhere to stop and photograph it.
Got off the escarpment and into the Mukini game park, only park you are allowed to ride through by motorcycle. Bumpy road but at least everything could move. Loads od speed bumps and grazing animals along the road but once again no stopping space, off the tarmac and straight onto loose dirt then bush. Rode through at 40 having a good look until the exit. Road surface a bit rough but who would stop and repair a road with all those wild animals about.
Got through the park and headed for Iringa. While poodling down the road with my Camel-pac stuffed down my front hit a bump and it fell out landing in the road. Local ran out to pick it up as I pulled over and then ran it up to me saying sorry??? Very grateful so bought some onions off him as he would not take money.
Kept riding, another escarpment much the same but down and into a Baobab forest. Seen one or five but whole hills covered in them was magic, one of my memories of Africa from the past was these trees, dinosaurs of the forest, do not belong. About 250 miles of mostly nice sweeping bends with some straights later saw a Lodge, pulled in for a bed for the night.
Sat thinking and realised it had turned into a blast through Tanzania, been a fantastic ride but unlike Kenya nothing to stop for. No tourist things and locals not really interested in anything but my money and also very little English spoken.
Left at seven and thought I would slow it down
Oh yes, long straight road some bends and lots of police road blocks. Stopped at one to put my liners in as it as so cold, got a cup of tea from them and left after about half an hour. Rode on up another escarpment, long drops to the side, lovely tarmac and sweeping bends, got to the top and rode along a raised road for miles with swamps either side, across this and into another escarpment. Same old melted tarmac, lorry tracks but by this time was getting overconfident and jumping tarmac ramps to overtake and get back in, no problem when its 2 lorries approaching speed of 2-3 mph but when it was a 4x4 nearly lost it getting back in and getting the speed off.
After this the road surface was poor and it was just a dustbowl I rode through, long and straight looking for red on the tarmac which was going to be another pothole. One incident of many was in the distance a lorry, suddenly another lorry pulls out to overtake him. Still a long way off, ease the speed a bit still headed my way, a third vehicle starts to overtake, 2 wheels in the ditch which is 6 foot deep, me almost stopped, all headed for me 500 yards, suddenly lorry on his bit of road indicates left and puts 2 wheels off road pointing at gap. I headed for the gap or rather the bike did, thinking strange thoughts to suddenly be out on the clear open road, did wonder for a moment if it was heaven but a pothole brought me back to my senses. Keep replaying this one but can not see anything else I could have done bar dump the bike in the ditch.
Took a very slow 50 mph ride into Mbeya and found a hotel with a suite for 20UKP each night, quality is actually good for the money. Booked two days so I can find an internet cafe tomorrow and head for Tunduma day after. Tanzania done and actually quite a disapointment. Then maybe not as the riding has been varied and gone from abysmal to fantastic. Baobab Forest, unreal.