20 January 2011.... From 4 to 2!

Everyone had a hard day! Ralph & Johan left at 4am for Nelspruit and covered 900 km. Ralph went on to Hartbeespoort to spend time with Winandi and Johan stayed behind in Nelspruit to get repairs done on his bike.

Larry & Sharon left Vilanculos at 5am and by 13.30 covered 590km already and still had another 310km to go. They encountered heavy rain again and got very wet - 4 hours of rain! They reached Tete at 18.00 and found a nice B&B, Villa Habsburg. ( http://villahabsburg.com/)
The lady took pity on Sharon, who was really exhausted, and gave them a good rate!

Some hard riding done by all!!















View from Villa Habsburg


FACTS:
Tete is the capital city of Tete Province in Mozambique. It is located on the Zambezi River, and is the site of a one-kilometre-long suspension bridge.

Population of 152 909 (2007 census). It was a Swahili trade centre before the Portuguese colonial era. Tete continues to dominate the centre-west part of the country and region, and is the largest city on the Zambezi. Tete is a word for "reed".


Tete Province receives many travellers due to its strategic location. Aside from being the capital, Tete is also arguably the hottest town in Mozambique.