10/25

After yesterday's uncomfortable ride and the stress of our time in Malawi, we decided to take a day (or two) off from the road to rest and plan where we go from here. We spent the morning sitting on the porch, drinking coffee, and talking about a wide variety of subjects. While preparing for the trip, we considered the pros and cons of a bike to bike communication system and ultimately decided against it. While this means Re doesn't have to listen to me constantly talk about the bikes, and I don't have to listen to her singing, we do miss out on the opportunity to discuss our feelings and experiences during the day. I'm not sure that skipping the communication system was the right choice, so it's good to have times like this to sit and talk for as long as we like.



Later in the morning, we met our new best friend, Titho, a local man who recently finished high school and was curious about us and our travels. He helped us with a few basic Swahili phrases, and we answered his questions about life in the west. Around lunchtime we wandered over to the local internet cafe to check our email. After lunch we returned to the guesthouse to work on ride reports and blog posts. Around dinner time, Titho reappeared and we spent more time finding out about life in Iringa before heading to dinner.

0 miles.

10/26



Another lazy day in Iringa. We uploaded the ride reports and blog posts we wrote the previous day using the very slow internet we had. We also uploaded many photos to our smugmug account while we researched further travel in Tanzania and shipping options to India. The wifi was fast enough to allow me to Skype my parents, which was a nice treat after no internet for more than a week.

0 miles. Tomorrow we ride.