Ethiopia [Jun 06-12]

Addis Ababa --> Moyale (770 km)	the first morning in Africa	surroundings of home of my friend - Bruck
the first trip to Addis downtown	got the chance to participate in the birthday party	Happy Birthday boy
The cake!	eating with hands...	a lot of signs, because street did not have names...
the main square of Addis - Mesqel square	sheeps in the middle of the town	polishing shoes - very popular business, but the white man you don't see often
the street	the sign at the university campus	finally hitch-hiking! just got lift from United Nations' 4x4 vehicle
UN car sends info about its location every 2h	kids on the way	once i took a bus, it was a short ride, but met very nice guy - Fikru. i was invited to his house later
and was offered a cup of coffee. they did not have tea, because it was coffee growing region	Fikru's brothers are building one more house out of clay	the coffee factory
got lift from small truck, which had delivered oil tank for the factory	boy at the factory	and his girlfriends...
the last 200km to Kenya I made by bus, because of veeery low traffic on the road	no doubts, we had tire problems on the way... several times...

Kenya [Jun 13-22]      [top]

Moyale --> Nairobi --> Mombasa --> Kisumu (2'300 km)	From the North Kenya towards Nairobi, the first day people would travel 250 km on such a road	but the rest 250 km (the second day) they make faster, because conditions are much better
such a truck - the only transport for 500 km from the border towards Nairobi	during my journey we were around 35 people travelling together	about half of passangers are muslims
on the way you see only the empty desert...	in some places we passed domestic camels...	and such huts...
in the villages one could always buy milk and tea (with milk :)	tea village	tire problems in Africa very soon becomes a tradition
while our car was fixed by the driver, others used the time for...	brushing teeths with branches from the nearby bushes...	must admit that it took them sometime to fix the car...
after the first day - everything soaked in the dust...	on the second day's morning I had to say good bye to my truck brothers	because I got a lift from S.Korean missioner directly to Nairobi, which was much faster
in North Kenya there were many different...	and colorful tribes	finally I reached Nairobi
but stayed only one day, because it looked too big and too crowded	my host in Nairobi was nice guy Onyango, who runs a safari company with his Japanese wife...	then i hitch-hiked to Mombasa, which had cosy downtown...
but it was very hot and humidit...	In the evening we had some talks with travel agency owner - Nelson	and afterwards I travelled to the city at Lake Victoria - Kisumu
popular mean of transportation here - bicycle-taxi	saw many of "Hotels". in Kenya it is place for food, but not for accommodation	kids near Lake Victoria
Jerry was my host in Kisumu for 4 days	he used to work in the market	that is why he has many friends over there...
one of them is still using the iron heated with coals	in the market...	looks messy?
clothes' section	the chairman of the market in banana section	the chairman again...
specialist of traditional medicine	...and the chairman, of course...	the most interesting section - from these cans they make metal suitcases!
boy in the market	orange ladies asked themselves to be taken by camera	creative knife sharpener, I would say
this is typical Masai tribe man	they are very often employed as...	watchmen, because they are good in shooting with bow and arrow.

Tanzania [Jun 23 - Jul 10]      [top]

Musoma --> Arusha --> Tanga --> Morogoro --> Dar Es Salaam --> Mbeya (2'900 km)	In Musoma city near Lake Victoria I visited PEDGO (People’s Education Group) school, where two girls...	polish Agnieszka and german Friederike were doing voluntary work. next to them - director of the school - Mr. Joligar
the classroom!	lesson...	in the first days of their stay, girls were observing the classes...
sometimes they teach two subjects at the same time in one room	once Agnieszka brought the worst learners outside and explained mathematics on the wall	PEDGO learner
and her school mates	the brightest mathematician	this boy was also very smart in maths
just see how much he works!	several hours I had to give new and new exercises in maths	but in the end it was a bit boring... :)
my geography leasson lasted only 10min...	Indian Ocean in Tanga town	...
...	"Governmental Hospital" - Coca-Cola in developing countries	in Tanzanian roads buses pass every 5-7 minutes and all of them are crowded!
after Tanga I head for Morogoro	where stayed several days with Chris	who makes these kind of handcraft in his free time
he would also make ones with your name (on the right)	we used to eat outside, in front of his house	and here you can see me washing my clothes :)
one morning we went for...	hiking in the mountains next to Morogoro	luckily, the weather was friendly :)
very greeny mountains though
very often we passed buildings like this one	finaly we reached our destination	where was very very old house
build by Germans	and the present owners of the house sticked this kind of notice on the entrance	one day me and Chris we went to Dar Es Salaam for a tour
which had, no doubts, 100% beaches	it was Kigambone beach, full of tourists...	and men fishing the girls :)
one day Chris brought us (me and few dutch gilrs) to the Masai village	where we spent one night in the tents	and left that place early next morning
Chris usually contacts the village headman by mobile phone	this Masai family had plenty of cows	over 50 I would say
in one time they get about 3 liters of milk per cow	milk is kept in such utensils	there are tousands of flies in the village
kids had plenty of them as well...	miling in the morning	Masai kids...
	models :)	good morning!
Masai women	tourist excursion has finished - returning to the civilisation	from Morogoro I went to Mbeya, where I met Bon Ros (on the left)
and his friend rasta guy	who convinced me for 5$ to climb up a small hill and observe the sunset over the town	town view
and the sunset - with the sun going down in the mountains behind us...	and the shadow was covering the town...	rasta guy had such a souvenir shop...
and finally	I said for Tanzania "goob bye"...

Zambia [Jul 11-26]      [top]

Tunduma --> Lusaka --> Ndola --> Livingstone (2'700 km)	from Tanzanian border to Lusaka (1000 km) I travelled in the pickup of Toyota Hilux	an average speed was 100 km/h, so the journey took about 10 hours
in Lusaka I met the members of organization that takes care about orphan children...		one of them, Mr. Chansa, owns a small school
where half of learner - orphan kids
		the name of the school is
Ndinawe Memorial School	of course, most of the learners are with school uniforms
		one day
I went to visit Ralph and his wife	and used the chance to use this toilet :)	in the area you can try some dry rats with salt :)
one weekend i hitch-hiked to Ndola town, where accommodation is really expensive	so I decided to ask for help in Hindu Temple	where I set my tent up in the car parking under the roof...
on the Zambian/Zimbabwian border in Livingstone town	I enjoyed the views of Victoria Falls...
		with many rainbows around...
and shower in the air