Solo Overland Ride through Mozambique. EP 96

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This episode is from my solo overland ride from Tofo to Tete. This particular section of the road stretches for over 1100 km in a very remote part of Mozambique which is heavily controlled by the army due to recent attacks on civilians. Luckily, I managed to reach Tete without any trouble and I had a chance to hang out with my friend Isaura and her family again. In April 2017 I left Australia for a solo trip around the world on a BMW F800GS. I named it “Are We There Yet” because I don't know my final destination or the duration of this journey.
This is the shortcut to the main road I would say around 30 kilometers
But the bridge is closed for the traffic only for the local people but
This local guy said to me I'll be okay to cross it on the motorcycle
Which I think is doable
Obrigada
Easy peasy
35 kilometers saved
Excellent
So they told me to
Go on the side of the road I think they just paved it
Yeah, maybe it's a shortcut but it's not gonna be too
Too much quicker
🎵 Music 🎵
So I've got some rain
Not sure for how long but I didn't put my overall simply because it's still very warm
It's like 25 degrees and actually I feel like I'm cooling down now
With all the heat
And we still have
320 kilometers to go today
Hello
Hello, how are you?
Good, thank you, how are you?
Fine
Do you have rooms?
Rooms? No
Oh, it's full
No
Any other hotel?
Sorry?
Any other hotel?
No
No hotel here?
Yes
Really you don't have any one room?
Let me check my next door then
Where is it?
Next
Not too far
They said there is rooms but
You must wait for a few minutes
They want to clean
No problem
Thank you
Obrigada
Okay
All right, see you soon
Okay
Thank you for this
Okay
I've done 400 kilometers in the rain
It's like I really need to stop for today
All right, I'll come and grab something to eat now
Okay
Thank you
Yeah, this is so lovely
Nice
Chilly? No, you don't need a shower
After the
Riding on the beach I guess
Uh-oh, uh-oh
No, no, no, no, no, no, no
It's supposed to be closed
Okay
Right
Lucky we don't have that much
To go
And
I think we're here
Which way?
Nice
Which one?
This one?
Oh, perfect
Thank you
Are you chilly?
You've got like a little shelter?
Not
This is perfect
Obrigada
And toilet?
Toilet?
No?
Shower?
Bathroom?
This one?
Uh-huh
Okay
I feel so sorry for this girl
Yeah, that's African rain
Okay, cool
Toilets are here
Toilet and shower, yeah?
Obrigada
I don't even know what to do
Should I like
I'm already wet anyway
I'm just gonna keep my helmet on
Alright
So I guess I'll take this thing
You're off
Good
Chilly
Sorry, mate
You're gonna have to deal with this for tonight
Put this
So you can dry out
Yeah, right
Jesus
This is like the worst of a whole day
Thank you
Perfect
Thank you so much
Thank you
Good morning
Today is much more promising
I've got blue sky
See?
Should be good day
At least the start of it
It's already super hot and humid
And nothing like, you know
Putting wet gear on
But actually that's a good thing
Because I'll be, you know, cool
During first kilometers
So, yeah, it was a good night
Six dollars was a bargain for this place
There was no
Showers and no
Flushing toilets but
That's okay
And look, this is gonna be like a little
See? Hello
Oh, there you go
And then you're gonna get
And this
You guys are so cool
Bye
I've got also international one
I'm not sure if this one is from Australia
Thank you
So, can I go?
I can go?
Thank you, sir
Have a good day
Sorry, only English
I'm going to meet Shimoyo
I have nothing, I literally have that much left
Sorry, I forgot to buy
Sorry, maybe he's got it
I don't have it on me
Sorry guys
The reason there's so much army
Here
Is because
It's very unstable region
There was a lot of shootings in the past
Actually last year I took this road
Yeah, the situation was
Quite critical here as well
There were just
People were just going against the government
They were killing civilians
Travelling through this road
So I'm guessing for the past year
Not much has changed
But there's much more army
Which is a good thing
Because they're here to protect
People who are travelling through this road
And protect the civilians around
It's a bit dusty
So hot
Water, that's all I need
Bom dia
How much is your water?
Do you have 10?
Hot, hey?
Very hot
Oh my god
I forgot about the traffic in this town
Only one and a half kilometers to go
But this is just so tiring
And hot
Maybe this one? I think so
I think it's here
That's the one
I made it
How are you Isaura?
Good to see you again my darling
Hello
A little Christmas party
At Isaura's place
She's a little bit sick
But that's ok
We're here to help you
Emina is helping her too
What's for lunch?
This is like a get together with
Isaura's friends
And this is the beef
Ok
We have beer and sardines
Ok, sardines, of course
We add Portuguese
Please show the salad
Yes, of course, show the salad
You must
You know what? I would never do it better
It's just like a must for me
We get potato, we get salad
We get lots of stuff
And there's like lots of people in the house too
What are you doing now?
Put on the table my favorite rice
What's in there?
Raisins
Rice and macadamia
So it's sweet, yeah?
Yes
And you eat it with meat?
Yes, yes, yes
With salad too
It's like
We call it aglidon
It's something sweet
But with salad at the same time
I'm looking forward to trying that
It's good, thank you
I can see Cookie gets all the attention
Do you like it?
It's super nice, super nice, right?
Alright, I've got some stickers for you guys
They're all random, they're from Germany
We're just going to do this
And then we'll fix whatever you want to look
It's you, it's you
Hmm
Ok
Like that, like that
Now let's try, so I'm starting with the sardines
Because Isaura said it's her favorite thing
At the moment, ever
Are they
These sardines are from
Portugal
Beautiful, I love it
You guys like my bike?
Her name is Chili
The bike's name is Chili
You see, there's a little Chili here
Peri peri
Yeah
How's my hair?
Are you ready? You love your scarf?
Menina has designed a beautiful dress for me, guys
I have to really, really show you this
Are you ready? Hold on, I'll present it for you, hold on
My life is like this, why do I have to be always so overloaded?
Actually, this big bag is because
I've got extra stuff
For Malawi, for people to give away
So yeah, I just need to get there
And then I'll be half empty
Last petrol before the border crossing
So I am a little bit anxious
Because I washed my passport
And I've got visa in New York
But I have to cross on a new one
And then my tip is
9 months expired because of the corona
Yeah, so it should be interesting
I wish me luck
Nice to meet you guys, have a good day
But
I don't like this
You're disappointed
Because you didn't get my number
Yes, yes
Next time, just wait for me
No, I'm joking, I've got to go
See you later
