The wonder of migratory birds (The factors which force them to migrate)

Birds are migrating from Europe and Asia to Africa and vice verse.
The movement of birds between parliactic (America & Europe) and Ethiopia (Southern Sahara), Oriental and Ethiopia or Parliactic and Oriental is due to
• Climate Changes
• Time Change
• Food Change

Climate Changes
Winter is cold and makes harsh strong condition to birds. Since birds are worm blood can not with stand such harsh condition so they migrate to tropical worm climate (Ethiopian Region).

Time Change
In winter days are shorter and cold so birds have limited time to eat sufficiently instead they spend much time without moving; that why they have to tropical worm climate.
Food Change (Short food Supply)
In winter field are covered by snow, so seed get covered by snow as well as insect, amphibian and other small mammals go hibernation. This situation is enough to make birds migrate from Parleactic and Oriental to Ethiopian regions where it is worm, long day and food supply is constant

Afrika is a most wonderful country, Dr.Livingstone

Africa is a most wonderful country for appetites and it is only when one gloats over marrow bones or elephant feet that indigestion is possible. No doubt much toil is involved and fatigue of which travelers in the more temperate climes can form but a faith conception. But the sweat of one’s brow is no longer a curse when one works for God. It proves a tonic to the system and is actually a blessing. No one can truly appreciate the Cham of repose unless he has undergone severe exertion.

The effect of Travel, Dr. Livingstone

By Dr. Livingingstone.
The effect of travel on man whose heart is in right place in that the mind is made more self reliant: it become more confident of it own resources- there are greater presence of mind. The body is soon well knit; the muscles of the limbs grow hard as a board seems to have no fat. The countenance is bronzed and there is no dyspepsia.

From Highland, Coast to Island(Cycling Expedation)

In he morning Monday 9th Feb., 11:05am me and my friend Jacob we left Arusha town ready to explore Northern & Southern Pare mountains, Mkomazi national park, West & East Usambara mountains, Tanga city, Pangani, Saadani national park, Bagamoyo, Zanzibar and Dar-es-salaam.

We had rough arrangement two day before including fix the bicycles, get a map, here camping gear, etc.

The cycling between Arusha- Moshi road 80km it was confidently because both of us we are familiar with the road. We had several stop for birds identification as it was a time when farmers preparer the farms for planting as they disturb and cult down the weeds they disturb the amphibians and other invertebrate which are the food to birds, we stop for 1 hour in Sanya when it was rain, we reached Moshi town 5:15pm.
We continuo with our journey cycle through Moshi- Dar es Salaam road we had the closest view of white caped mountain, Mt. Kilimanjaro. After 24km we reached Himo junction here we turn off right then we stopped and have a dinner from the women who sell the food during the night. After dinner we cycled for 15km in the dark by using our headlight but this isn’t safe to cycle during the night, we reach at the Kifaru village where we camp in somebody back yard.

In the next day we woke up 4:45am we made a coffee and start cycling 5:45am, 2km from where we overnight we turn left cycled towards north-east then east-south through the dirty road and Challenge Mountains. We passed through cultivated fields (Ma-Shamba) in Masiwa, Unyasa, Kwakoa and Gitingeni villages before joined the high way again at Gitengani. We cycled towards eat-south. After 25km we reached Same town ship. We had our dinner at Same then after our rice and beans dinner we cycled for 1km out of town and camp at the field.

We wakeup early in the morning after having a cup of coffee we start cycling. In this day we cycled through the mountains of Southern Pare, cultivated valleys then after 30km we reached Kisiwani. Kisiwani village is boarded with the newest Mkomazi National Park formal Mkomazi Game Reserve situated in the ....http://zionafrikasafaris.blogspot.com/

"Where there has been racial hatred, it must be ended. Where there has been tribal animosity, it will be finished. Let us not dwell upon the bitterness of the past. I would rather look to the future, to the good new Kenya, not to the bad old days. If we can create this sense of national direction and identity, we shall have gone a long way to solving our economic problems."
Jomo Kenyatta, first president of Kenya, as quoted in David Lamb's The Africans, New York, 1985.

"It Africans were left in peace on their own lands, Europeans would have to offer them the benefits of white civilization in real earnest before they could obtain the African labour which they want so much. They would have to offer the African a way of life which was really superior to the one his fathers lived before, and a share in the prosperity given them by their command of science. They would have to let the African choose what parts of European culture could be beneficially transplanted, and how they could be adapted ... The African is conditioned, by cultural and social institutions of centuries, to a freedom of which Europe has little conception, and it is not in his nature to accept serfdom for ever."
Jomo Kenyatta, first president of Kenya, from the conclusion to his book Facing Mount Kenya, 1938.

Our Banana World

Last weekend (24th Jan) I cycled all the way from Arusha to the foot hill of the Highest Peak of Africa as a part of preparation for Cycling Feasibility Study East Africa to South Africa first part. Early in morning I left Arusha 7:30am by using old Moshi-Arusha then join the currently Moshi-Arusha high way at usa river town-ship. Riding up and down passed through small towns and villages then after 3 ½ hrs, I covered 80km reached Moshi town Kilimanjaro region.

I had a lunch at Moshi town I decide to have a banana for lunch as it was cheap than Arusha then I have a rest to avoid high temperature. I Left Moshi 3:00pm head out along Dar es Salaam road bearded left after 23km as heading Taveta after 4km then I turned off left at Himo. 40km from Moshi lays Marangu.

Marangu village is where I was raised with my grand mother and went to primary school in this village. Marangu whose name drives from local Chagga ward meaning “spring water” is situated on the lower slope of Kilimanjaro National Park. Unlike lower lying Moshi, Marangu has an appropriately alpine feel surrounded as it


Is by lush vegetation and bisected by a babbling mountain streams and remains a popular springboard for Kilimanjaro ascents using the Marangu route. For those who lack the time, inclination or money to climb Kilimanjaro, Marangu is pleasant place to spend a night or few days exploring the lower slopes of the great mountain, with several attractive waterfalls situated within easy striking distance.

Since I left this village and went to secondary school then college I had had no time to visit it again. When I reached there all the people was wandering to see me on the bicycle come from all the way from Arusha where I live currently. My grand mother welcomed me with a juggle full of banana juice, it was cooled juice as it was from re refrigerator but not from the refrigerator it was from local pot known as Mtungi which also used to keep water, and make it cooled all the time. My grand mother whose now become more older then the time I was staying with her(now she is about 80 years old or so as she can’t remember exactly when she was born) she was looking on me very curious all the time as I was drinking the sweet banana juice without stop. When I stopped to drink the juice I receive hard question from her “My grand son are you crazy to cycle from Arusha to here for a single day?”

After heaving a shower I find a pleat of cooked banana waiting for me in the table as I was continue with banana dinner she send her grand son in the nearby bar (mwafrika club) for the local brew/wine, we had a long conversation around the fire as it was already become dark. We seat there for about 3 hours then said good by to each and heading to my room which covered with banana leafs for the it’s circular wall and roof. I slept well, drifting off to the hoot of owls, and the cackling off bush baby and hyenas.

The next day I was worked up by the call of grand mother for the break fast. The breakfast was a black coffee which she made herself from her backyard where there is a lot of banana and coffee trees, the coffee tea was accompanied with roosted long banana which they called (Mkono wa tembo) elephant proboscis. After breakfast I packed my day pack ready for the walk and bird watch around the village my grand mother gave me 20 pieces of sweet banana as a snack. I walk through the village greeting some people who seemed to forget me. I visit the caves which I was used to play in during my boyhood but now it reserved as attraction for visitors near to the caves there is smith work shop where my grand mother used to send me to repair or buy new machete, hoe or knife. My way back I passed at the local market which usually to take place twice a week here I found I lot of interesting things but mostly was this wide variety of bananas, this is what I called banana wonders. Ranging form sweet bananas, green bananas, big bananas, little bananas, cooking bananas, red bananas, fat bananas, skinny bananas, fresh bananas, fried bananas, roasted bananas, boiled bananas so many kinds of bananas grow here. I interred in the mwaFrika club (a local bar) to have a juggle of local brew made from bananas which sold for200/= Tshs perhaps 1/2. There I join some other people in the conversations and share our brew as it is a custom. I bought banana-leaf cap as my support for the banana leave product artists.

I reached grand mother home and have banana porridge before I had the tradition dish which is beans, coco yam and banana pounded together. The next day I left the village cycled back to Arusha. As I was cycling back to Arusha I was still wondering about this trip and how it become very exiting, I told myself; In order something to be value it should be lost first.