Breakfast could have been photographed for a food magazine – the fruit platter was spectacular, the bread was freshly baked, the sausage and sweet potatoes mix were perfectly seasoned and the cheese and tomato omelette was the best I have tasted. The kids decided that we needed to spend another day here but by 9:00, after having had a long chat with Nicky, one of the owners, we were on our way.
After the first 100km of the 340km’s for the day, we had come across 4 overturned trucks and 1 bus, on its head, all in the dongas on the side of the road. I was tempted to turn back but pressed on ahead, passing through bustling Mbeya and arrived at our favourite coffee farm, Utengule, without incident.
Sharon and Tony came out to meet us; it is wonderful to have such welcoming hosts. The girls spent the afternoon at the pool and Ga read in the beautiful gardens. Gray and I spent some time linking up my lap top to the office computer and downloading the blog stuff onto the hard drive so we could link it up to Kirsty’s lap top – how did Livingstone and latterly Rhodes cope, imagine how it would have helped during the construction of the Cape to Cairo railroad. Once the lap tops were synced and ready to roll, the network went down, at least the explorers were spared the frustration of technology, at times like this, I think a penned letter attached to a carrier pigeon would have been a whole lot easier.
As we settled down for a few drinks on the veranda, to watch the awesome sunsets they have here, Sharon and Tony joined us. We have met amazing and interesting people along the way, even though we only met Tony and Sharon for a few days on our way north, they felt like old friends and we chatted and laughed until well into the evening.
After a late dinner we all fell into our tents or in our case up into our tent.
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