The Maasai shopping on our way to Mto wa Mbu, Tanzania. (Oct. 7, 2024)
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A quick rest stop with western and porcelain toilets at the Lion’s Cafe and Bakery on our way to our first campsite in Mto wa Mbu, Tanzania. (Oct. 7, 2024)
A Maasai male herding his cow along the dirt road. The Maasai men tend to the cows while the women tend to everything else, even building the home. (Oct. 7, 2024)
Another Maasai male herding his sheep along the dirt road. (Oct. 7, 2024)
Jeremy, our ever so kind and gracious Intrepid Travel cook called us to dinner at 7:00 pm with a starter of pumpkin soup for our first campsite dinner. (Oct. 7, 2024)
Our campsite for the night, after 10 hours of being on the road from Nairobi, the Twiga Campsite & Lodge in Mto wa Mbu, Tanzania. We arrived around 5:00 pm and before getting our person stuff out, we had to get our tents set up. (Oct. 7, 2024)
Views of Tanzanian life along our 10 hour road trip from Mto wa Mbu to the Usambara Mountain range. (Oct. 11, 2024)
Views of Tanzanian life along our 10 hour road trip from Mto wa Mbu to the Usambara Mountain range. (Oct. 11, 2024)
Views of Tanzanian life along our 10 hour road trip from Mto wa Mbu to the Usambara Mountain range. (Oct. 11, 2024)
The beautiful Tanzanian landscape. (Oct. 11, 2024)
A quick stop for lunch under a shaded tree on our 10- hour drive to the village of Lushoto in the Usambara Mountains. This Intrepid crew knows where to take us for lunch spots along the way that also provide decent toilet stops. And so far either Jeremy prepares our meals in advance and we put them into containers ourselves or he has food prepared for us when we get to our destination. And, there’s always a lot of delicious food. (Oct. 11, 2024)
Our quick lunch stop under a shaded tree during our 10- hour drive to the village of Lushoto in the Usambara Mountains. (Oct. 11, 2024)
Jeremy’s version of guacamole included something I don’t use in my version, green peppers and carrots. (Oct. 11, 2024)
Views of Tanzanian life along our 10 hour road trip from Mto wa Mbu to the Usambara Mountain range. (Oct. 11, 2024)
Muhammed el Murjebi (1837-1905) who was called Tippu Tip, a was an African-Oman ivory and slave owner and trader, explorer, governor and plantation owner. Tippu Tip built a slave-trading empire, and is considered the second wealthiest Muslim slave trader in history, using the proceeds to establish clove plantations on Zanzibar.
Tippu Tip traded in slaves for Zanzibar’s clove plantations. As part of the large and lucrative trade, he led many trading expeditions into Central Africa, constructing profitable trading posts deep into the Congo Basin region and thus becoming the best-known slave trader in Africa, supplying much of the world with enslaved Africans.
The fertile land in Tanzania where these agave plants are growing. They were actually imported from Mexico. (Oct. 11, 2024)
Views of Tanzanian life along our 10 hour road trip from Mto wa Mbu to the Usambara Mountains. (Oct. 11, 2024)
On this trip I’ve seen a number of giraffes on their own but not this beautiful herd of giraffes which is called a journey. (Oct. 10, 2024)