Position: 12:34.942N 36:50.872E
In the first bit of ethiopian mountains camping just off the road to
Gonder...Elevation is 1400m.....from about 800 this am...so a bit of
climbing today.
Cyled 95km....all bad sandy and stony roads....but what a pleasure to be in
Ethiopia.....its ABSOLUTELY remarkable how the scenery, vegetation,
birdlife, and people culture have changed so abruptly.
I love my bird watching and today must have spotted at least 20 different
varieties....more in the newsletter.
I thought the riding would be easier than it turned out to be,m so spent a
lot of the morning taking walking excursions to see the birdlife, and people
stuff.... This made it a long, hot and very dusty day.....got in at 3pm.
Was surprised to see I was 4th rider in..... It wasn't a race day today so
probably most took it easy.
The last 5km were a climb up big hill, in 43 deg C heat and same temperature
water from the water bottle! Must have gone through 8 litres of liquid
today.
Today's distance means I have cycled 700km in 5 days, and tomorrow sees us
doing 110km, into Gonder where we have our first two day and very much
deserved rest days.....I can't wait...its been a hard, albeit rewarding and
interesting week.
I guess the progress on the map, and the fact that we are now at 12 deg N,
and tthe furtherest west we have been since the start in Cairo, says the
week would have delivered great progress to the end goal! Whether its too
fast...time will tell......
Talk again tomorrow
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