The road there is very bad Yeah, we see Karonga, MALAWI
Season 7 - Eps.108 Good morning Internet, it is 7 o'clock
in the morning and welcome back to the channel Now is it 7 o'clock. One minute past 7. Welcome to.. where am I? Karonga, Karonga here in Malawi and I
am going to see what is for breakfast Bread.. butter.. peanut butter Okay Oh, you don't belong here Come here, come here Let's go Bye Okay, the plan. What is the plan for today? I haven't even told you, I think The plan is actually to do one last loop in Malawi Because otherwise I could just ride to the border with Tanzania today And already leave Malawi. But that's so soon right? Yeah, Malawi is just a small country so, but there's just one area of Malawi that I still really like to see Like I explained in the last video. Uh, because there's a herd of elephant which are attacking motorcyclists So I couldn't go to that area from the south So now I'm going to try it from the north Um, and then I actually I won't come into the place where the elephant are I'll just say north of it but it will still be kind of in the same sort of same beautiful area Uh, there are several mountain ranges there, supposed to be really beautiful So it's basically I'm doing a loop of 224 kilometers.. like a circle And then I'll be back here, so it depends a bit on how long
it will take me Basically, how difficult the route is through the mountains, if I'm going to stay again in this town or if I.. Oof dusty. If I continue towards the border with Tanzania and then just stay just before the border So that's why I decided let me just bring all my stuff. Um, also because it's really it's quite a far ride So to go without any of my luggage, I thought it was maybe a bit risky Oh it is so lush here! Incredible Okay the road has turned into dirt I'm stuck [Laughter] You should have gone here We have to push you a little bit Yeah You could have passed over here, this one drier is than that side Sorry? You can pass over this side Yeah Oh eeh Yee hoo! Thank you! Thanks How are you?
- Good and you? Everybody, you're all fixing the road?
- Yes You're all from the village here or? We are students Students?
- Yes You go to school there or there? We are at that college
- Ah Cool. What do you study? I study engineering Mechanical engineering Very good It is a Technical college
- Technical college Yes we have the institution over there
- Ahh We call it KASA Community Technical College
- Uh huh Yeah so these are the students, they just assisting this road since it is impassible
- Yeah At least it has to be fixed with a little uh.. that we have, we can manage to fix so that the vehicles should be able to pass Yeah. Government is not fixing the road? Actually, the government maybe is overwhelmed because most of the roads have been broken up this rainy season Yeah yeah
- Understand as they're taking their steps to come and like find the problem We should be the first, so all these students they taking various classes at our institution Ah Thanks a lot for helping me. Okay Thank you so much This way to Karopa
- Karopa Mahowe
- Mahowe - Meranga Meranga And then Mpata and then Karonga Yeah Okay - Thank you
- Good luck. Thank you so much Thank you! Well that was really lucky.. I just get stuck right at the place where yeah, this whole college is fixing the road That was so nice of them to help me out I think I'm heading around those mountains there Okay this time I better not get stuck Pick a good line This was not so bad Not sure what that roadblock was for I just slipped through Hi! To Karonga is open, yeah? Okay, okay good Let's go then Bye! Just checking if the road's open Hello Excuse me, excuse me Hi Some nice little.. nice little hill climbs on this route There's another one Yee hee! This is fun! I don't know what happened but suddenly I'm on single track No It's getting very... rockyyyy It's a tad bit washed out here This is the path I think I have to take What happened to the road you might think It's just.. oh Oi, It's rocky Sorry Alaska, you're getting another bashing Okay that was a little rough More rocks Oh, is that car going to come up here? I wish it the best of luck I don't think that's gonna .. I don't know, is a car like that can go over those rocks I don't think so You're going to take the car?
- Huh? You're going to take the car? The road there is very bad Yeah, we see Ha ha ha Where are you going? To Karonga Yeah. Where are you going? Where? Ah There's a lot of big rocks there Yeah big rocks there as well There as well? Oh.. Shame The whole road is just completely finished Yes you may pass Oh I pass yeah Bye-bye! So more big rocks yeah Hi! Good heavens [Dutch] Ah this is okay Where am I going? How did this car go through here? It's a mystery to me Ah maybe this is a nice place.. hi.. For a little break. How about that? Okay Nice to meet you all Bye-bye Bye! Okay They were so lovely. I was just uh, flying my drone and then these people rocked up And they couldn't believe their eyes Yeah it's very possible, that was the first time that they ever saw a drone And they were just full of amazement I mean they are incredible little things
so I totally understand it But they were just laughing, they were like, ah amazing I might have some more rocks coming up It's not very far though, it's like 38 kilometers left to Karonga So I might just continue a bit further towards the border with uh, Tanzania It depends a bit. Okay, let's say this, if it's dry when I reach Karonga I'm gonna ride on and if it rains I'll call it a day Let's do that Hello! Road is still kind of getting smaller and smaller, but at some point yeah it should reach this place called What was it now? Mpata Mpata and from there on it's uh, the last bit is tar So Hey! You going to keep up with me? First gear all the way. Didn't even make it into second It's that steep Okay Going keep going It's a lot of hillclimbs Okay, I made it to the top of the hill! Yeah this is really steep Slow down slow down Oeh yoi That was rather terrifying, that was extremely steep Hey! Absolute legends.. these guys.. the moto taxis I am back on the main road and I've decided to just uh continue towards the border I mean the weather is perfect and it's still really early it's like 12:45 So I don't feel like stopping already and then probably just sitting in a not so great room Well, I must have arrived at the border the trucks are giving it away Ah here Shileke lodge Is it.. is it down here then? Is that the lodge? I think so Change of plans there is no room I'm just going to see if I can cross the
border into Tanzania I'm here anyway. Um, the only thing is yeah, I don't have my visa yet I applied for it online but I don't have it. But maybe they can sort it out at the border I didn't mentally prepare for border crossing though But hey I'm working for insurance on Tanzania side
- For who? Insurance
- Ah I don't need No I just need to go here I have insurance.. yeah thanks It's a pretty busy border Some people hanging around, oh. That's a lot of bicycles What are they doing here? Confiscated On this side? Hello! Huh? I go Okay Malawi side was easy Got stamped out but now let's see if I can get into Tanzania That's more important Thank you They're not even really checking the Malawi side Hi Sorry? Good afternoon Welcome to Tanzania! Thank you I did it, I did it. Oh wait oh, oh left left. I think this is roundabout Just one more check and then I think I'm sorted Thank you! Okay I can say it, welcome to Tanzania! I did it, I just crossed the border. Wasn't the plan for today In the end my visa got sorted, so that was actually no problem They just sorted it on the spot So um, yeah that was fine. So now I'm
just going to find a place to stay But I actually thought you know what, I don't really want to stay here right at the border It's never really great so I'm going to continue like 40 kilometers or so To hopefully, a bit more a.. bit more quiet place where it's not so
busy like here And uh, stay the night there Opah Erm.. Just park here Welcome! Thank you. How are you? How are you? Fine
- Fine What's your name? Swahili..
- No speaking English No Swahili
- No speaking English We will manage! Thank you So this is my room for tonight. I have
the cutest TV ever Let's check out the bathroom Looks very clean And it's supposed to have hot water, so let's hope that's the case. That would be nice Dinner time I like your sweater Yeah okay so I'm getting some um.. pork. There's the pork
- Yes It goes on the barbecue with some plantain Getting some potato fries to go with my plantain and meat Some ash with my potatoes Looking good Yes So let me show you on the map where I ended up today Because yeah it wasn't really quite my plan to get here but anyway, I am here So I started from Karonga this morning And then I basically, did a loop like this And then I was like, oh let me go to the border, oh let me cross it And now I am.. is it on the map? Yeah, it actually is on the map, I am now in Tukuyu Tukuyu, over here so I just did this Which is a tiny little bit of Tanzania, which is obviously a very big country But I will tell you more about my plans uh, for this country uh, in the next video 'Cause I'm going to end this one now,
because it turned out to be quite a long day after all So that was it for today, I really hope you like this video If you did please give a big thumbs up, subscribe down below and then I will see you in the next video
