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Beastly Adventurer
Joined: Feb 2010
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Loving it. Definitely worth the wait.
I cant help feeling a bit sorry for Phil, busted ass ribs and having to kick start a pig. Still I suppose 300km is not too far to ride like that.
Its not like there would be any other choice I suppose.
Dreaming of Dakar
Everyone has a max speed, 90% of that max speed is much safer and easier, and if that 90% speed isn't fast enough at Dakar, you enter the snowball. - neduro
Don't be Surprised
Joined: Mar 2009
Location: Nairobi, Kenya
Oddometer: 286
Day 4 Everything falls apart
Up early. Market not even serving food yet. Found a little tea shop on the street and ordered some extra strong ginger tea to wash down the mandazi that looked for all the world like buffalo scat while the chapatis were cooked and the eggs boiled. Loading up the bikes, I discovered my rear wheel bearings were shot, but nobody wanted to give me the time to change them:
[Ajax]: Well do it when it goes.
[Bean]: Or tomorrow.
[FundiPhil]: Oui, oui, cette rearwheelbearing est fooked.
[GilleMonster]: Ha ha!
[PubQuiz]: Can anybody name the only major African river that runs both North and South of the equator? Anybody? Guys? Hey?
Above: Your narrator at his best, chai and buffalo scat, preparations at the Inyonga Safari Hotel courtyard
Topping up the fuel, the annoying, gangly Thug-Life-T-shirt-wearing knucklehead from the guesthouse wouldnt stop attempting his lame cool guy routine with us (high as a kite at 9 in the morning). Kept trying to give me a fist bump, mumbling something about Jah and thats-how-we-do-it-in-Jamaica, then he slapped me on the helmet in a slightly overly emphatic faux-fraternal sort of way. So I says to the guy: I aint Jamaican and neither are you, sporto, and roosted on his shoes.
The days destination: Kipili on Lake Tanganyika. It was a known route through deep bush and a game reserve and everybody was keen to get after it. The first 30km out of Inyonga were fairly well maintained dirt, so we were spreading out to avoid each others dust. FundiPhil was ahead of me but kind of dragging ass.
Above, top: Sign says Life is a Safari on one side, then Death has no escape! on the other. Bottom: tobacco fields and a drying hut distant
Phil kept looking at his bike, like he didnt like what he was hearing, then all at once he just raised up his hands and coasted to a stop. The brand-spanking-new DID chain had snapped after only 500 km of use. Why, you ask? How is it possible you ask? It was inevitable, I maintain. Mr. Bean had bought the chain at a local shop that peddles authentic Vee Rubber tyres but counterfeit everything else in Dar es Salaam. Nobody buys important parts there. You have to import it all from USA or Europe. It was a rookie move and proof positive that the Belgian has spent too many years in the Dar heat. His brains have gone soft. Too much Konyagi maybe.
Anyway, the chain broke on Mr Beans favorite bike and he was suitably punished for his transgression. The chain whipped around the front sprocket and did its best Weed-Whacker impression on the engine case, chain-sawing through the protective cover and grinding its way through the transmission fluid reservoir. Plans, it was clear, were about to shift from A to B.
Ajax and Benny Boom Boom can be oblivious when theyre in the lead. Two abreast, they routinely ignore the rule the rest of us follow of waiting for the next person to catch up before carrying on too long. So, while we waited for them to come back, I prepped my bike to fix the wheel bearings. When the guys returned half an hour later, it was unanimously agreed that FundiPhils bike was stuffed. No chain, hole in the engine, 100s of kms from anywhere. Not happy to be idle, Ajax and Phil take the tools away from me (Id been fecklessly whacking at the wheel bearings for some time by then ) and replaced them while the tow rope was being extracted from the very bottom of PubQuizs Giant Loop.
Above: The damage, the bikes waiting, me and my opinion of events all akimbo
The tow underway, Ajax and I sped back to Inyonga to get busy sorting out a salvage plan for the trip. We phoned the Lakeside Lodge to say wed be late, and then we got PhatBilly on the blower. He was convalescing back at Utengule, milking his bruises to garner sympathy from the staff, but it was time for him to dig deep for the team, drag his numb ass out of the rack and get to work.
Subconsciously, Mr. Bean must have known it was folly to trust the phony Dar-bought chain, because hed packed a spare and a rear sprocket to match it although hed left them both in the car back in Mbeya, 3 days ride away. It was therfore up to Billy to fix Mr. Beans blunder. So to sum up: An invalid (PhatBilly) who had been injured and subsequently exiled by his mates from a trip hed waited months for and flown intercontinentally to participate in was asked to emerge from his deathbed to save the day by putting chain and sprocket on a Sumbawanga-bound bus addressed to one Mr. Bean AKA Benny Boom Boom. Lifes not fair.
Above: Making plans apparently requires maps, GPS and Kilimanjaro, the KTM towing party
Arrangements arranged, there was nothing left to do but ride. So we rode. Big dirt again, and pot-holy hell. Ajax and I took the lead and did the side-by-side riding thing. There just wasnt much to see or do, so we just screwed in throttles and burned up kilometers.
Above: Towing down the dusty road, Ajax waits in the mottled shade
After a very nice descent from somewhere high to somewhere lower, we stop to regroup and chow some dried meats and candies. The two XRs were found to have lost subframe bolts, and PubQuizs bike was way down on oil. Hmmm. Anyway, all was going well with the towing operation until 20 minutes later.
Above: The Pink Lion bus overtakes, Monster helps Phil with his rope, I pose for a dusty face shot
Mr. Bean testified that evening that he had been cautious, that hed repeatedly asked FundiPhil if the speed was okay but the old goat kept insisting Oui oui! Plus rapide! Allez allez, you nana! and the like (you know how Belgians can be), so he reluctantly obliged. But PubQuiz saw the whole thing. An eye witness to the crime, as it were.
PubQuiz described the scene thus:
There was a 90 degree bend in the road (dogleg right) followed by a 90 degree bend the other way (dogleg left) with enough potholes in between to break your bones, turn your teeth to powder bruise your balls, etc etc
Bean arrived at the first turn reasonably enough, you know, decelerating to set up for the corner. But then, ladies and gentlemen, he accelerated! Wholly oblivious, or fiendishly aware, of the fact that his Oulde Pal (in his fifty-eighth, remember), his Oulde Buddy FundiPhil was attached by a rope and a prayer behind. Well this royally fuc (sorry) messed Phil up, your honor. Fighting the tow rope which, now jerked taught and angled right, threatening to pull FundiPhil off the road, it is no small wonder that, though valiantly fighting, he lost grip with his legs and was sent bouncing like a gazelle on a trampoline. His feet were loose, your honor! Hed lost all hope, please the court! [Swooning, hand to forehead] Oh, Billy! Someone get me water
[Later] But ladies and gentlemen, FundiPhil is one tough sonofabitch pardon my French. He fought hard, flexing every tendon and muscle to their geriatric breaking point and I swear on Zeuss anvil he damn near saved his pointy Belgian ass! But wait! Mr Bean had other ideas! Just as Phil was about to regain control, his, friend his, comrade his, bon ami accelerated once again and banked left, jerking the rug out from under him if you will. And down he went like a sack of baguettes!
After that, the prosecution rested. The defense had no further questions your honor.
All I know is that when I arrived, poor FundiPhil was still on his bum in the bushes off the track, shaking his head and saying Oh la la! Merde! Puta! and the like. And only after it was all said and done did anyone stop to think: Hey, if Mr. Bean is the guy who invited FundiPhil to come ride, and it was Bean who put the imitation DID chain on the bike that ultimately broke why the hell is Mr. Bean not the guy on the receiving end of the towrope and potential launching into bush at speed? Lifes not fair.
Above: PubQuiz on the road, exhibit A from the trial, a bit of dialogue from the accident scene
Long story short too late. Let me insert the video:
Above: Motorbikes being towed at pace on dirt and a techno-backed hodge-podge of photos from my helmetcam
So the day had been a bruiser. From Fundis landing spot, we just had a bit more to go before the tall watertower (tenki refu) and the junction leading down to Katavi National Park. The main road was abuzz with construction vehicles, dusty and fast. PubQuiz had valiantly taken Phils place on the towed bike and was no doubt reciting the names of Latvian Cities in alphabetical order just to keep from soiling his riding trousers.
Above: the Tall Tower and the Pink Lion Bus Overtake
Making it to the north gate of the National Park, we were all beat. Ajax and I scouted the pretty rough options for accommodation (we did NOT choose the Hippo Garden), Phil rested his weary bones, and Bean sorted out a pickup to take the bike the next day. Couldnt guess what PubQuiz and Monster were up to diddily squat I suspect.
Above: peanuts in their cones, a warning to bikers, the accommodation not chosen
Above: R & R at N. Katavi
As dusk fell, we all moved into our new digs alongside a hippo filled river. Water came out of the showerhead, they provided towels and the toilets had seats on them, so we were pretty stoked. The nights food was edible and the Konyagi plentiful I gathered the courage to think, maybe things were going to be okay from here on out
Above: Nightlife, end of Day 4
More to come
Don't be surprised.
Beastly Adventurer
Joined: Aug 2011
Location: St. George, UT
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Excellent videos! Thanks for all the effort. Top notch RR.
RedRockRider - WR250R, TW200, Versys, Vulcan 900 LT, Zuma 125
Southwest Utah: Dual Sport Riding from St. George
where are the pedals?
Joined: Jan 2009
Location: closer to Baja
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Excellent fun
where does that road go?
Don't be Surprised
Joined: Mar 2009
Location: Nairobi, Kenya
Oddometer: 286
Day 5: Wildlife to Lakeside
First light brought the sounds of hippos in the trees and birds in the river (or maybe the other way around I always wake up in a bit of a daze). Golden light slicing through the trees at the lowest angle possible gave the scene a wonderful tone. The bush across the river looked properly African and the hippos were doing their thing. For our part, we all milled around scratching our tsetse fly bites and enjoying the cool air.
Above: Taking notes for this very RR, GilleMonsters bumpy bitten hand
Above: Hippos and bikers enjoying the morning
Aside: That river must be seriously chockablock with hippos. While researching our tracks, I zoomed in to the area where we were and found some very high resolution slices amid the typical fuzzy greenish mass. I zoomed in and found that someone, sometime had taken aerial photos of a bend in the river in the dry season absolutely jammed with hippos, clearly not happy, some dead. You could have literally walked across their backs (but I wouldnt recommend it).
Above: Screenshots from where we were via Google Earth
The night before, Mr. Bean had worked out transport for the ailing KTM. Nobody was too keen to be towed another 200km, particularly FundiPhil who looked stiff as a board from his fall. All of us assumed the transport solution would be a pickup, but thats what we get for assuming. In fact, it was a stretched Land Cruiser safari truck with hardwood detailing and a canvas top over steel roll bars. It took some engineering and muscle to get the bike aboard, and it was impossible to squeeze it all the way inside, so we left the handle bars, forks and front wheel jutting out like the taxidermy mount of some exotic orange bird. Classic.
Above: Transport sorted
Kitted up and fast broken, we embarked upon day five. Mr. Bean lit out early for Sumbawanga to see if PhatBilly had managed to get the chain and sprocket on a bus, FundiPhil was seated comfortably in his personal safari vehicle, and the rest of us blasted off through Katavi National Park at a happy lick over some very uncomfortable terrain. Bloody dusty, big, potholed road it was, but gorgeous in the periphery. Deep forested bush, ghostly white-barked trees interspersed among the miombo it was lovely.
Above: Ghostly white-barked trees PubQuiz and a plume of dust/smoke
Around a corner, I find the guys ahead of me stopped and waving me to slow down. They were scattered across a river bridge all looking into the bush. A herd of several giraffe, some gazelles and a few zebra were wandering lazily around in full view. Despite the stern and utterly, obnoxiously, ridiculously idiotic bureaucratically conceived and officially overbearing prohibition to the contrary, we all took the opportunity to freely view the game and practice our armature photography. Who wouldnt? It was really cool. Were so damn lucky to ride bikes here
Above: A photo of a giraffe by a sign that prohibits wildlife photography in a National Park established for the protection of wildlife TIA.
Above: Ajax was closest to the giraffe, FundiPhil had the best shots of the croc and zebra
The broken chain kind of relegated us to blasting away the day like BMW riders have to (I know, Id done it before on a Dakar), but we werent too bothered. The big dirt wasnt the most exciting, but the views up in the dry hills were really nice. We were witness to some very extensive Chinese-led construction going on that made you wonder how much longer the place will look like it does now. Then you start lamenting it. Then you start arguing that no, its good for the country etc. Then you wonder if its because they found oil, and itll be crawling with western mineral rapists, I mean interests. Then you just stop thinking, like a good biker, and keep riding.
Above: Honda needs oil again the dry hills and roads above
Above: Both headlights working... Out the way cows!
We were gaining altitude rapidly. The air was cleaner feeling and things had a greener look to them around Namanyere. We stopped briefly at the junction to Kipili, our destination on Lake Tanganyika, before cruising in to Namanyere for fuel and food. We guessed the pickup with FundiPhil and the KTM in it would be crawling along behind us, so we had plenty of time.
Above: Namanyere junction, Namanyere town views
For a nowhere town in a neglected region of a poor African country, Namanyere looked pretty damn good. They had stuff. There was fuel in the pumps. There was cold beer in the fridges. They managed to cook up some very fine mishkaki and chips to boot and we were considering hanging out all afternoon until FundiPhil called Ajax to ask Where the diable êtes-vous, stupid foofoohole? He was already at the drop off point.
Above: PubQuiz speechless after a big meal and sugarcane dessert
A break in the middle of the day like that can have one of two effects: a) you feel like napping b) you feel like sharpening the throttles and filleting the bloody roads ahead. From Namanyere, we were feeling decidedly b. Part of it, no doubt, was the promise of what lie ahead: cool Lake Tanganyika, a lovely luxurious lodge, clean rooms and a day off to enjoy it all. But it was helped along by the fantastic, steep, tricky descent into Kipili through thick woods. GilleMonster and PubQuiz followed Ajax rapidly down ahead. I could see some emergency-type clench-the-buttcheeks-worthy skid marks approaching a number of corners and could tell somebody was giving it more than they ought (and might have been leaving skidmarks of another type in their shorts). Eventually I found out who it was: GilleMonster was sideways in the road, the 690 looking a bit scuffed but still rolling. No blood to be seen, no broken bones (I think Monster, like the KTM, is made of grade-A aluminum reinforcements and composite materials anyway) so we proceeded apace down the rubbly road.
Above: Descent from Namanyere
We found Fundi-P at the agreed locale, beer in hand bullshitting away with some Congolese gents he found by accident at a bar. Hed been dropped off about 10km from the lodge in some noname village due to the safari vehicles having been hired on the sly, and the driver not being keen to have anybody in the tourism business rat him out to his boss. So, that left a few more kms of towing to be done. Roped up and ready, we set off, the Fundi pulling the Quizmaster this time. I was sure I heard him shouting Does anybody know the specific gravity of bone marrow .?
Above: Osadabwa on approach. Lake Tanganyika in my sights.
Above: The tower, the towed and the Monster
All was going hunky-dory. Wed been numbed by a day of big dirt, and had essentially switched off our brains on the assumption that wed roll right up to the lodge on the same. Not quite. The towing party and I found ourselves looking up a 100 meter stretch of river rocks strewn straight up a hillside. While FundiPhil and the Quizman sat there ogling the steep rocky slope I decided to go ahead, but only half way up the hill I was struck by a very undeniable and urgent bout of intestinal liberty that had to be sorted out right f-ing now, so I stood the bike and was scrambling through the bush in my boots, loo roll in hand while they sorted out how to climb the hill. My issue resolved <
Above: Towing the steep grade, Monster going it solo
One by one, Monster and the Fundi rumbled past and I made my way to the lovely Lakeshore Lodge. In the parkinglot, PubQuiz was expostulating to anyone who would listen about old Ajaxs heavy throttle-fisted handling of the towing-on-steep-hillside-of-river-rocks situation. Ajax just smiled like a Hindu cow. Fundi dismounted with a grunt. Monster grunted with a dismount. We all beelined it for the bar.
Above: More towing, our triumphant if dusty arrival at the Lakeshore Lodge on Lake Tanganyika
I could go into details about the nights shenanigans. I wont. Suffice it to say, we were in a celebratory mood enhanced by beer and a very welcomed full-body emersion in the worlds second deepest lake (thanks for that tidbit, PQ). For awhile, we were gentlemen. We enjoyed the scenery very much, commenting sagely on this and that and snapping photos of the fishermen passing in their dugout canoes, etc.
Above: Ajaxs exuberant entrance, me and PQ enjoying the refreshment
Above: Transport boat on L. Tanganyika, sage discussions, tsetse fly bites still itchy
Above: Monster and Ajax (Fundis camera has a really neato telephoto lens)
Above: Fishermen on L. Tanganyika at dusk
Above: Bloody sunset, daintily cross-legged bikers in shorts drinking beer in black and white
Anyway, we were of a passable quality. The other guests and the staff tolerated our enthusiasm well enough and for our part we tried our best to use our inside voices and to keep the subject matter civil. Not saying we succeeded, saying we tried
To come: Rest day uncovers reality that PhatBilly, while an engineer by trade, cannot be trusted to perform simple bike maintenance on his own
Don't be surprised.
Joined: Jan 2009
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Great ride report! Really enjoying it!
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Don't be Surprised
Joined: Mar 2009
Location: Nairobi, Kenya
Oddometer: 286
Day 6: "Rest Day..."
Up, but not at all early. Excellent breakfast of eggs any way but boiled and good, smooth coffee. FundiPhil was up as soon as Ajax arrived, eager to get to work on the KTM.
Above: AM Repairs and a Kingfisher
At a much more leisurely pace, the rest of us finished our breakfast and morning ablutions and made our way to the parking lot to check on the bikes. Although it was a scheduled rest day, maintenance was also on the agenda. I planned to change oil since PubQuiz' XR had consumed all of my 15w40 and all that is readily available on the road is straight 40 heavyweight oil "for older engines" which, let's face it, is just fine for the XR.
PubQuiz was also checking oil and fiddling around when he made the big discovery for the week: PhatBilly had fitted the airfilter incorrectly. Well, that's saying it charitably, actually. What he'd done was absolutely daft. Back in Mbeya, when the XR riders took time out from beer drinking to install new filters for the ride, Billy had managed somehow to discard the inner screen (which in this case was a plastic aftermarket thingy, not the steel and mesh OEM one) and had "installed" the foam filter without it. Naturally, over the course of 1000 km of extremely rough riding, the structure-less foam filter jounced its way free of the air intake, leaving a gaping chasm that led straight through the carb and down into the cylinder.
All that dust. All those KMs. So THAT's why the bike's been smoking and drinking oil…
Anyway, after Ajax cooled down (someone wisely ordered cold ones), and that big vein on his forehead stopped throbbing (I kept thinking "Flux Capacitor… fluxing…") he put his mind and hands to work fabricating an ingenious filter frame out of some discarded plastic bottles found in the junk pile. It was a thing of beauty, really, and slipped right in place.
Above: Our unofficial sponsors, Ajax explains what happened to his XR, the replacement frame
Abvoe: The final product with filter installed
FundiPhil and Mr. Bean (back from Sumbawanga with the new chain and sprocket… at least Billy sorted that out okay) spent the better part of the day trying to patch up the KTM's nibbled-out slave cylinder to no avail. Their last ditch effort before knocking off for the day was to mix up some hard-as-hell epoxy and let it sit overnight. We wouldn't know til the next day if it took. So, nothing for it but to hit the lake, have some beers and go for a boat ride.
Above: Lake Shore Lodge's interiors, PubQuiz wondering why his name isn't in there
At five or so, the boat left for an evening cruise around the lake. It was gorgeous and calm, boats of all sizes moved up and around, transporting people and goods between villages. On one of the islands, I was amazed to see a large village thriving along the shore. Lovely, absolutely lovely. We were lamenting our luck, bike troubles and all, but one of the other guests trumped us: he'd just been mauled by a Cape Buffalo at Katavi a few days before. Had some very wicked bruises and a hell of a tale to share as a result. We kept quiet and sipped our beers for awhile after that.
Above: Bikers on the evening cruise
Above: Sights on L. Tanganyika
Back on shore, Ajax and I snuggled down by the fire while dinner was being prepared. We were in for a treat on that score as well. Apparently a Norwegian chef had asked if he could swap his skills at the lodge for free accommodation, and the clever owners said "karibu". Turns out this kid is a whiz in the kitchen, and an experimental cat too; that night we ate L. Tanganyika freshwater muscles in a sort of paella and washed it all down with lovely South African wine. Oh, we do suffer on these trips, yes we do.
Above: The lodge at night, bikers around a fire
We turned in early, I think… excited for the ride ahead, maybe… I was thinking: "With the busted bikes, we're going to have to stick to big-trails all the way back to Mbeya."
Stay tuned. Jump straight to it.
Don't be surprised.
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Road Hog
Joined: Apr 2006
Location: Aussie Land
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Thanks for the RR guys, looking forward to the next one
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Location: Oviedo, España
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Flippin great stuff man.
Dreaming of Dakar
Everyone has a max speed, 90% of that max speed is much safer and easier, and if that 90% speed isn't fast enough at Dakar, you enter the snowball. - neduro
Joined: Sep 2012
Location: Pepinster, Belgium
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Hey, why have we started talking about Napoleon?
I saw fundiphil last week, he is ok, he will go to Italy by bike, with his wife and friends.
Don't be Surprised
Joined: Mar 2009
Location: Nairobi, Kenya
Oddometer: 286
Day 6: The Plot Thickens and the Track Narrows
[Ugh, actually day 7... wish I could edit the subject line!]
Up on time. Another great breakfast. Ajax had the map out and between bites quizzed the staff about options for getting back to the main Sumbawanga road at Namanyere without retracing our steps. Chris and Louise said they'd had a guest try it on a bike and fail. I'd looked on Google Earth and had found only the sketchiest of potential paths. We were all but resigned to just head back the way we'd come when the tall waiter said: "yes, there's a track from Ninde to Namanyere". And so, typical of us, we ignored the preponderance of evidence and went with one guy's opinion because it was what we wanted to hear.
Above: Chris and Louise at Lake Shore Lodge, their best-dressed-guests
We bid farewell to Chris and Louise (lovely folks, great hosts – thanks for the epoxy and the 5L of fuel!), paid our bill, and lit out for the trail to Ninde, a small fishing village hunkered along a beach south of Kipili. The mid-morning light was that cool-yellow-almost-white particular to cold-season African mornings and the calm lake waters sat like wine in a goblet. The bikes all started with no fuss, and it appeared the KTM's epoxy-job of the day before was going to hold. Everything was going according to plan again!
Above: Our bill, the day's first few kms
Well, not exactly. Or rather, not for long. The epoxy held for only enough time to get back through Kipili town and south a few clicks. Then it gave to the pressure in the transmission and ejected the clutch fluid into the dust, leaving FundiPhil clutch-less. All agreed that this was no big deal; so long as the track remained relatively open he'd be fine as long as somebody was always ready to get him rolling enough to crank over the engine in 1st gear. So, we put the specter of a bad omen out of our minds and cruised down the road.
Above: Morning flora and fauna, FundiPhil getting a pushstart
Rolling up and around the contours of the land, the track gave us numerous good looks at the lake and fishing villages below. It was a great way to start the day: blasting an interesting track into unknown territory, saving ourselves from backtracking. Made us wonder aloud why the hell we live in Dar when so many places in Tanzania are so much more attractive. (Answer, of course: money).
Above: Views from the Kipili-Ninde road
The road danced its way up and over hills among monument-like rocks. Speeds slowly increased as the guys started getting into it. Then the road abruptly ended. Not in a village, not at a crossroads, it just ended. Like the bulldozer got tired and went home. More likely, the contractor ate the money and went home. Beyond the cut, a footpath continued its journey toward Ninde, so we followed it.
The track was fairly wide – like the kind you get where there's bicycle and motorbike traffic – which makes for some fun riding, but I was conscious that one of our party didn't have a clutch to help him ease his way through sticky sections, and the track was doing some pretty sharp turning in relatively rugged terrain. I was sure Ajax and Bean would pull the plug and we'd have to go back.
Above: Where the big road became a track
But I should have known otherwise. Ajax can't say "no" to a new track. No matter what mechanical, physical, spiritual issues may be plaguing the guys behind, he can't not explore the thing to find out where it ends. And once again, there was a local guy there to egg us on. Standing with his donkey in the track, this kid told us "yeah, sure, there's a track to Namanyere…".
Above: Donkey boy and monkeybikers
And to be fair, all signs were looking positive, really. The track was easy to see and there was even a substantial hand-made bridge over a river to navigate (on hindsight, maybe that river is why the road didn't reach Ninde). The existence of a trail didn't seem to be in question… the question was: did it make sense to continue, seeing as FundiPhil had no clutch. Ajax's answer: yes. And who could say no? It was awesome out there.
Above: The wooden bridge, proof the track was maintained…
Above: From Lakeshore to the little wooden bridge
Not long after the foot bridge, however, we came to a crossroads. One track clearly continued on to Ninde, the other track led East into the interior, in the direction of Namanyere. The trail was fairly wide at first, but once we'd passed through a couple of fields, it virtually disappeared. It looked like very few had walked it, let alone pushed a wheel on it for years, and it started climbing almost immediately. Needless to say, FundiPhil was struggling. So, at last, Mr. Bean does the right thing and volunteers to ride the ailing bike, giving Fundi his perfectly good 450. Now we were ready to continue. If Mr. Bean had a rough day due to the broken bike, nobody would probably lose sleep over it.
Above: Committing to the little track in the woods
I was loving it. Those kinds of tracks aren't about ripping around corners or lifting up cumulonimbus clouds of lung-choking dust. They're discovery tracks. The kind that make you feel like an explorer. There's no way to know if it'll take you where you want to go, or whether you'll come across impassible obstacles en route and be forced to turn back. They're like an itch that has to be scratched. We wouldn't turn back unless we had to.
And we were lucking out. The track looked like it would meet up with the scratch I saw on Google Earth, which gave Ajax and I some hope. Of course, what I knew that others didn't know was that in places the gradient exceeded 20% and there were large stretches where I couldn't see any track at all. Still, it gave us something to go by, so we pressed on, across several tricky water crossings and through some beautiful forest.
Above: Mr bean on foot, Mr Bean on bike… Dr. Dorky and Mr. Ryde
Above: Ajax and I navigate some water
Above: A GilleMonster through the forest
To say the track was tough to see is understating it somewhat. Long grass and uniform forest made any hopes of racing through this section impossible, and with the stream crossings and downed trees coming every so often, it didn't pay to carelessly twist the throttle anyway. More than once I connected with a stump or rock that reminded me that all of us were just a twisted knee away from a very difficult rescue.
The slow pace was obviously was a problem for Mr. Bean who could neither idle his bike nor finesse it through technical areas. So, we devised a plan that would ensure that Bean never had to stop riding. Ajax would go ahead with the GPS. At a technical spot, he'd figure out how to get around it and I'd watch him. He'd then continue up the way and I'd show PubQuiz how to cross who would show Mr. Bean. By the time Ajax was arriving to the next rough patch, I was there to see him clean it and we'd start over. It worked fairly well and we made decent progress.
Above: Ajax in the long grass
Above: PubQuiz in the long grass
We were ascending quickly. At some point, the track stopped cutting across drainages and began following a ridge which afforded some spectacular views of the forest below through the trees. We didn't stop much, but when we did it was impossible not to be impressed by the remoteness of the place we were in.
Above: A wicked looking spider lording over a spectacular hillside viewpoint
Occasionally the track would open up a bit where the grass was shorter or the soil more rocky. I'd take the opportunity to try to zip through the trees to catch up Ajax who was plodding ahead staring at the GPS. The track would be an amazing mountain bike trail… if you're fit as hell.
Above: A rare open meadow and a very purple flower
Above: Fundi and Monster and Ajax
With our system well tuned and progress being made, we stopped for a biltong break at the other side of a wide river. PubQuiz's bike had drained his oil reservoir, again, and we filled it up using the leaves of a tree for a funnel. On the tree where we'd parked, a Blair Witchy looking tree hieroglyph in the silent forest gave the place a sense of total otherworldliness.
Above: Posers, hieroglyph, leafy funnel
Progress up to the river... and PubQuiz's baptism in said river
Little did we know that the track was about to get trickier. After the river, the pitch of the trail began to increase and the packed-dirt singletrack gave way to rocks and ruts. We were struggling to clear technical sections fast enough to keep Mr. Bean from killing the bike, so he just blasted ahead, bouncing over the stones like they weren't even there.
Above: Ajax coming up
We'd cleared many rises, but we finally met our match. The rocky track led to a very rutted climb that simply didn't look like we were going to be able to ride. I was having premonitions of us dragging each bike one at a time up the damn thing, not knowing if it would be just one of many to come. While Ajax and I were walking the steepest sections to see if there was a logical line, the Monster cans up the 690 and just starts riding. But he doesn't come straight at it. Instead he follows the contour a bit, out in the grass away from the trail, curving slowly up until he reached the top. It was a brilliant piece of work and saved our collective ass. One by one we followed his lead.
Above: PubQuiz finding his hillclimb-line, the Monster ascends from his blazed trail
After the hillclimb, it wasn't long before we saw signs of life. First a few bee hives, then a field, and eventually a house or two. The single track became a double and the speed tripled as a result. We were all filled with a sense of accomplishment, and were being rewarded with a pretty decent return into Namanyere. There were a few muddy spots, some sandy patches and Monster managed to turn the 690's shift pedal into a pretzel on an unseen stump, but otherwise it was smooth sailing from there on. Mr. Bean, being able for the first time all day to see where he was going, exploded into action, flying down the track after Ajax and racing him all the way to town.
Above: Fundi and the first hut, some mud and a bent shifter
Above: My favorite photo from the trip… this guy's outfit either belongs in a museum or on a runway
Above: Roads appear, fields and dust
Spirits were high over lunch. Nobody expected we'd get into such interesting riding, and once we were in it, we all thought maybe we'd never get out again. It took several hours longer to get from the lake to Namanyere than if we'd backtracked, but nobody was disappointed. That track was certain to be a major highlight of the trip.
Above: Fundi and Bean celebrating in Namanyere
It was after three as we set off from Namanyere. We were behind schedule, so rather than get creative with the GPS, we set a course for Sumbawanga to make up some kms. It was 90 clicks of big dirt, but the sights along the way were lovely. The main road cuts along the top of a high plateau with views of hills hanging on the edges of the horizon on all sides. The road was a mess with construction equipment everywhere. In another two years it'll be just another slab.
Above: Christianity on display, relics and recent
Above: Afternoon pastoral scenes
Above: Moving toward the sunset
We arrived near dusk, showered and filled up on beer and beef.
Plan for the next day: Descend the escarpment in search of the swinging bridge
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NEW ORLEANS – As the debate on outdoor smoking bans and cigarette ads escalates, Ochsner Health System remains steadfast in its aim to be tobacco free. On April 1st, the use of tobacco products will be prohibited on all Ochsner Health System properties by physicians, employees, patients and visitors. Ochsner campuses will no longer provide designated smoking areas or ashtrays.
According to the Centers for Disease for Control, cigarette smoking is the single leading cause of preventable death in the U.S., leading to more than 400,000 deaths annually. In fact, more deaths are caused each year by tobacco use than by all deaths from alcohol use, illegal drug use, HIV, motor vehicle injuries, suicides and murders combined.
"These are facts we cannot and will not ignore, and we are doing something about it," said Dr. Patrick Quinlan, CEO, Ochsner Health System. "As a leader in healthcare, it's important that we set the standard for meaningful care and healthy living. We cannot compromise on this policy because we cannot compromise the health of our patients, our community or our employees."
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Here's our mob settled in for dinner at the Jumbo Guesthouse. There's two ring-ins (the guy on the left with the comb-over and glasses resting on his moustache and his son)... the rest of us, along with Monica were doing the clothing run.
I enjoyed dinners out there... nice and relaxed, although we did have one snake slide through and over my boots one night. A small one... just about the right size to decide that a boot is a nice place to curl up inside. I banged the boots out before putting them on after that.
Next morning, I did my usual walk through the markets. Amazing place. This is one of Phil's photos from our walk through... a squirrel and a civet. Sad. Monica saw a dead Slow Loris too, but it was gone when I went over for a look
There's always lots of bushmeat at the Hongsa market. This is a whole lineup of Drongos... the birds
Here we are, ready to go. We had a government official and an interpreter along for the ride.
I must've been taking dopey pills.... I ended up back in the line for the first half of the day.... chewing bulldust.
Some of it was serious bulldust... a layer several inches thick of very fine dust. I nearly went down in one section where it was dust over loose gravel... I had to slam a boot down, which of course just stretched all the tape on the boot. Not a lot of support left in those boots.
It was funny going up the road and seeing a lot of elephant tracks... then we caught the elephants
I quite like the shot Monica took
They lumbered off and we went on our way too
I came across this young woman with a load of wood and offered her a lift, which to my surprise, she accepted...
I gave her a lift about 5km into Ban Nam Tup village
This is how she was carrying the wood when I picked her up.
That wet (saturated) wood weighed at least as much as her. When she passed it up to me on the bike, it was a real struggle to get it lifted and then pass it around behind me. She sat on the rack. I'd have been knackered carrying it 100 metres... let alone the next 5km and however far she'd already carried it. Its a tough life.
Her village
Our little convoy
My new lenses didn't survive this trip either. That's two trips out of three into Laos that have done a pair of glasses in...
There was a motorcycle-only bridge on the way, but I followed the utes around it anyhow
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VERGENNES — A happy accident in a Vergennes Union High School hallway led to a gathering in the school library that on Nov. 2 united and honored dozens of current and former long-term VUHS staff members.
All, from food service workers to foreign language teachers, had worked at VUHS for at least 15 years, under the terms set out on the Ray E. Davison Tribute plaque — which school librarian and media specialist Chris Brady recently found by chance.
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The Jewish Records Indexing- Poland (JRI-Poland) birth, marriage, and death indices found on the JewishGen Web site are invaluable resources for finding information with surname searches. This article provides a few tips for getting the most out of using these indices. These tips are based on my experience doing surname searches in the indices covering Kolomea Administrative District towns and villages for more than 50 requestors submitting hundreds of surnames.
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I have a china mug that has a vertical crack in it. When I drink cold liquids from the mug, it doesn't leak, but when I have a hot drink it does. I realise this is something to do with the china expanding with the heat, but surely it should expand into the crack as much as it expands in any other direction. So what is happening?
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Freelance vs. Agency – Which is Better at Selling Web Design?
Prior to selling my web agency last year and starting uGurus, a new venture to help web professionals become more profitable, I pitched a lot of website projects. Unfortunately for a lot of freelancers, I was the "other company" that the customer decided to move forward with. Like Beatrix vs. Master Pai Mei, it wasn't a contest. If the title of this post led you to believe that I was going to outline a fair and balanced tit for tat, you might want to adjust your sitting position at this time. But…if you think my #1 competitor, as an agency, was other agencies, think again.
I'm not saying that over my tenure of pitching over 950 website projects I didn't lose a couple of deals to freelancers, but they were far from my worst enemy. And if you are a freelancer, you should worry less about the big guys. This is not a David vs. Goliath tale. There is another villain out there who is much more powerful and elusive. Worse yet, many web designers don't even know he exists.
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Every business, nonprofit, and person needs a website. The web is the center of our universe. It is how we transmit information, commerce, and revolutions. Combine that with the insanely low barrier to entry for web design and you get what we have today in our market: millions of web hobbyists making a mess of the web, and a small group of web professionals doing this for 100% of their daily diet.
I'm going to ignore the hobbyists in this discussion. I was there at one point in time myself, but hobbyists usually get opportunities because their direct family or friends need a website. Rarely does (or should) a business put any stock in a web designer with little or no portfolio that is working on their craft part-time at an extremely low wage. When I say "freelancer," I mean the web pros that do this gig full-time.
Surprisingly there are only a few large companies in the space. Most of them work in the domain name and web hosting business with a do-it-yourself website solution. There aren't a lot of web agencies with over twenty employees, let alone 200. Also, I never thought the DIY solution was much of a competitor either. A sane person wouldn't be his or her own dentist or doctor right?
Whenever a prospective customer told me they were planning to build their own site and "Just wanted some help in case they got stuck," I informed them, "When you want to get serious about your business, here is my card."
The Freelancer Dilemma
Besides starting as a freelancer myself, and working with many freelancers over my sixteen year web tour, I actively consult with a handful of them, helping them grow as web professionals. The primary business objective of every freelancer I meet is to book as many billable hours as humanly possible, while spending as few hours as possible on operations and overhead. The problem is that most of them don't know that this is their objective.
Many freelancers are constantly trying not to be freelancers. Whether they are trying to start their own virtual agency, or perhaps are aiming for a more traditional brick and mortar establishment. And in the pursuit of these bigger dreams, they have a hard time staying afloat. Let me give you an example. Freelancers love to spend countless hours building their own websites as if they are big companies. I know because I used to do it. I would use the word "we" on our website. Our own site would have a sitemap, just like an agency, with a bunch of pages talking about our company vision, team, and portfolio of projects. I would have lengthy pages about services. I would spend days creating content to rank for generic terms (that agencies were competing for).
It pains me to see so many freelancers trying to compete head on with agencies instead of leveraging their competitive advantage (their extraordinarily low overhead). Many freelancers approach their own marketing as if they need hundreds of customers. The reality is a typical freelancer could make a really good living from only ten or twelve projects per year. With that small of a number, you barely need a website let alone a search marketing campaign.
Most freelancers I know would fare much better if they focused their time selling their services to agencies. The freelancer's goal should be to create channels of constant and consistent business, versus trying to compete for the end-clients themselves. Focus your message directly at other web, marketing, public relations, and advertising agencies. Showcase your nimbleness and expertise to people that understand the craft. Instead of pursuing end-clients that take countless meetings to close a single deal–and by the very nature require a massive amount of overhead to manage–pursue a small group of agencies to become your salesmen and project managers.
Freelancers that successfully do this avoid the pitfalls of spending all of their time doing non-billable things like selling new clients and project management. By essentially "outsourcing" your sales and project management, you will pack more billable hours into your weekly schedule. However, rare is the freelancer website that speaks directly to this model. There is always one foot out the door hoping to get both the agency-channel customer and the direct client. By having two possible customers, you leave both prospects not sure exactly who you are targeting.
The Agency Advantage
At the peak of my agency, I was selling full-time. I was able to work on my sales craft like any dedicated professional athlete: daily training, expert coaches, and participation in a lot of competitions (deals). By having a team, each person gets to focus on his or her individual specialty.
This concept is called Division of Labor and is backed by economic theory as the most effective way to solve problems. Besides just being able to focus 100% on my job of acquiring new accounts, I knew a few sentences that, delivered in the right way, would make sure the business owner wouldn't dream of choosing a one-man-band over us.
"If I get hit by a bus, or more likely, am out sick or traveling–don't worry, my team will pick up the slack. We'll always make sure you have a point of contact." or "We don't rely on a one-person production process, we have an expert designer, expert developer, expert copywriter, expert photographer, expert videographer, and expert project manager to produce the best results possible." or "While we might be a little more expensive, a typical full build out with us only takes eight weeks because we are able to leverage a team-based process with multiple people working on your project at the same time."
I wouldn't spend a lot of time on this, but typically a couple of well placed pre-rebuttals would establish that I wasn't an "I" but a true "we." A major factor in any purchase is mitigation of risk. Basically you have to address the fact that the customer is putting up several thousand dollars and you have to make them feel like it isn't disappearing. For the average agency, this is a slam dunk.
The True Enemy
Even though I believe agencies will always outsell freelancers when placed head to head, the real enemy is a common one: no decision. I lost deals to him more often than any other reason–including competing agencies and freelancers. Businesses, nonprofits, and government agencies choose "no decision" more often than they choose "the other guy."
Practicing agencies and freelancers face this problem without even knowing it. For years I was bent over who I was competing with on every deal. I used to even ask my prospects for competing proposals (this is a taught sales technique that I stopped employing because you end up focusing on the wrong thing).
Instead of being focused on my customer, I was worried about who I was up against. This obsession distracted me from the real (and invisible) competitor of inaction. Organizations choose nothing because of a few reasons:
- Talking to web companies was exploratory at best (they just wanted options).
- No one addresses their problems well enough to warrant the investment.
- They were unable to find a good match and will restart the search.
- They aren't educated enough on the problems and potential solutions (everyone sells to the proposal too much versus properly educating their customers).
- Their needs and pain aren't enough to take action.
Whatever the reason, the reality is freelancers and agencies don't need to worry about each other. They need to focus their energy on the person who is directly in front of them: the customer.
Spend your time understanding their pains and problems. Get your prospect to fess up to the real reasons they are evaluating a website project. Ask about their buying process, if they've budgeted for this type of investment, and if they have ever engaged someone to help before.
I found that when I started worrying about this real competitor, I thought much less often about the other companies in my area. I also spent a lot more time with each prospective customer prior to signing a deal to make sure they truly understood my solution and more importantly, I understood them.
So if you are a freelancer wanting to slap me upside the head, take a moment to thank me for showing you the five point palm exploding heart technique.
21 Comments
PaulApril 24, 2013
It's kinda funny… I get most my clients because they leave people who say things to them such as, "When you want to get serious about your business, here is my card."
Brent WeaverApril 24, 2013
So you primarily work with business owners that build their own websites?
FernandoApril 24, 2013
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Aamir ShahzadApril 25, 2013
You've got a project in mind, you know you need to hire a professional to get the job done, but you're not sure whether to hire a freelancer or an agency. You've heard that you can save a lot of time and money by looking online for a freelancer, so what's stopping you?
Quality & Trust. where you find these two for that, my suggestion.
Vincent ArmsteadApril 25, 2013
It depends what the users wants. Both the options are suitable.
As in my view the agency charges more for the designing compare to free lancers.
Dev DigitalApril 25, 2013
Excellent post Brent, freelance always be on top over agency but than you must have mutual contacts or know the freelancer personally to trust on him and about his work.
ChrisApril 25, 2013
I thought this post was excellent and very informative! Thanks
incognitoApril 25, 2013
It really goes to one point – who can we trust? Single freelancer or "well known agency" that will always deliver no matter what? Sometimes people pick wrong/bad freelancer and after having bad experience they will never pick freelancer again! Also bigger companies will always pick agencies instead of freelancers because they've got huge budget and expectations that have to be met. It's one man vs 4 agency designers, sales man, creative director etc.
The perfect solution would be working as a freelancer for few agencies so you don't have to deal with customer – just finish your project send invoice and wait for payment.
Caleb MellasApril 25, 2013
Brent, thanks for writing about your experience from an agency perspective. You are so right that I as a business consultant and web designer only need a small amount of good projects per year. I've never thought about working with an agency on a project – interesting idea. I could see that as a good way to get more experience working with bigger companies and teams.
Thanks again – Caleb.
Earl VaronaApril 25, 2013
Thanks for the great article, Brent! The way I see it is if you're passionate about this field and you're always finding ways to get better at it, then you really don't have to worry about the competition. IMO.
Brent WeaverApril 26, 2013
Most definitely spot on!
Nice portfolio site btw.
ChrisApril 26, 2013
I prefer freelance where agency can feel like a production line at times its nice to have your stamp on a design other than an account manager saying it should be like this or like that.
Justin LaniganApril 28, 2013
FANTASTIC advice to freelancers. I'm director of a digital agency for small businesses in New Zealand with 1200+ clients so your points really resonated. Freelancers have a tough job, but can deliver real value. They're just typically not the best at selling their solution, especially head to head against large agencies.
QLSApril 29, 2013
I'm just about passing the beginner stage in the world of web design… better late than never, and this is what I've decided I want to dedicate my time to.
The main point I've picked up in your article, Brent, is the importance of customer focus. Find out what they need (not want). When you show an interest in what they're saying, they'll be more inclined to hear what you're offering.
I've also learned a thing or two about how and where to 'sell' my services.
Many thanks.
Brent WeaverApril 30, 2013
Bingo! Keep focused on your customer and you'll never go wrong. Agencies are just great customers for those starting out or freelancing. Leverage their full time sales force so you can maximize your production hours!
Kostya YudinApril 30, 2013
Well, mostly you are right.
But there are 2 things:
1. Clients that pay big money usually want not just work, they want full service (such as comunication, project managment, support etc). And they work with agencies because they get this services and pay more, sometimes much more for the same work.
2. So if you want to take big project, you need to become an agency. Well actually you should have the PM and developer at least. And actually that's how small agency works. And that's normal.
So the idea actually is not about to become an agency but about do not trying to looks like an agency while you are working alone.
SebastianMay 2, 2013
Hi Brent,
First of all I want to thank you for this article and sharing your experience with us. You've reached the point with your observations. I've started my freelance business on local market in 2009 with copywriting containing a log of "we", process description, detailed offer information, etc. Later, in 2011, I've decided to break with this kind of picture and started naming myself a freelancer. Actually I didn't notice any changes in my business since that time but today I'm in the middle of taking another strategic decision. For some time I've been thinking about going back to "we" world where I'd rather pretend being BIG. Thanks to your words I'll try another option: I'm going to identify my strongest points and I'm going to prepare strategy, scenarios, and offer including my strongest skills dedicated to Web Agencies, and try follow your advices. Thanks to your article I've identified my weakness as a Jack Of All Trades which picture I want to break off. Right now I'm eagerly waiting to start working with concept and fast change my approach to a new one.
In the end I'd like to state that I've pretty bad experiences from working with agencies but this might be caused by my Jack Of All Trades picture where agencies were hitting me with a projects that I was not prepared for because I didn't have a specialization. I priced them too low which makes my work inefficient for my personal budget.
PS. The only thing I'll miss is "my brand" which will be hidden below BIG agency.
DarrenMay 2, 2013
Awesome awesome post!
Apathy is the true business killer. I talk about it all the time!
Growing the business, I spent the first few years doing all the content creation, design, selling, admin, everything.
Then I brought on a designer and cut my time to content creation and selling. Then last year I brought on a writer. Now I sell full-time.
I kept it simple. Branded my name as my business, that way I only needed to market one entity. I also specialize in one vertical because I have 20 years experience with that category offline.
I know I have made the right choice because we grow every day, month and year.
Growing and adding both writers and designers and couldn't be happier!
Great post Brent!
AntMay 5, 2013
Sometimes, the freelancer is considered a hobbyist and can not break that mold no matter how much willingness and drive they show – they don't have the work to gain more experience and no-one is willing to give them the chance.
I think it would be frustrating, would it not?
IreneMay 27, 2013
Such a productive post!
My pet peeve is freelancers using 'we' on their websites. I think you're absolutely right.
Focus on the right things.
Joel AlfredAugust 28, 2013
You said that "Freelancers love to spend countless hours building their own websites", the reason behind this is simple, every employer wants reliable and capable one for their work, and for this they navigate through your reference website, looking for your portfolio, so everyone wants to have exceptional portfolio, this is the reason why freelancers spend lots of time on their websites.
If you are new(freelancer) in the market then everyone know that its how difficult to win a single project.


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