Position; 07:33.033N 38:40.958E
LIke last night...camping right on the water's edge of one of the Rift
Valley Lakes...this one being Longana.....
Cyled officially 117 km today...but I had a wonderful adventure day and must
have done an additional 20km's with all the expolring...!
Forgot to mention yesterday.....straight from Addis we decsended about 600m
down to 1800m to get to the Rift Valley per se...after that it was flat.
Today continued like the latter part of yesterday...pretty much flat just
cycling down the Rift Valley.....very special for me....sperse vegation in
the valley, but lakes either side and then mountains many of which are
extinct volcanoes.
Makes for fast cycling, but I chose to just cruise and enjoy.....I left at
06 30 this am and only got into camp at about 16 30.....but just saw a huge
amount and variety.... The birdlife around the lakes is absolutely
wonderful......
Detoured off road onto one of the pans of the lakes to see the huge flocks
of flamingoes....The surface seemed parched from the sun, but I had a few
surprises.....there were cracks in the parched surface and this made the
pieces between the cracks litterally wobble....felt like walking / riding on
jelly! Then I had to cross one crack and the whole front wheel
disapppeared down into the mud of a crack, and I went head of the handle
bars.....quite funny afterwards....
Arrived back at camp looking like a real 'Camel Man'
Tomorrow is a big day again...apparently more than 200m of climbing
ahead...!
Tell you tomorrow!
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