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Unforgettable are the impressions that our author takes from his motorcycle trip around Lake Victoria to take home. People, animals, plants, landscapes, colors, smells, soul moods get under your skin.

Almost kills us the sultry, hot air, as we enter into Mombasa from the airport and free a hand full of U.S. dollars for our bikes from the clutches of the customs authority. Two days of acclimatization on the beach do well Kikambala. A 85-year old Swiss turtelt with a 25-year-old Samburu, not only since this year, it is said in the bars. Sex tourism here also, the boy is certainly well paid. We start the engines, drive around Nairobi and dive into the Rift Valley to Fisherman’s Camp on Lake Naivasha. In this area 1985, the Hollywood tearjerker “Out of Africa” ​​was filmed with impressive natural scenery. At night in the tent we hear the hippos grazing, a good sense of nature to be so close. Further north, we do not camp on the banks, because besides the romp here Hippos and crocodiles.

At dusk, watch the animals and fall asleep with the song of many birds is balm for the soul. At Lake Bogoria, we marvel at geysers, flamingos and eagles, then it goes over the border into Uganda. The customs officer helps us money exchange on the black market. Martin’s rear tire loses air, it must mend. Hundreds of people form a tight circle around him. As long as they do not connect it with the screws on the fingers make him the crowd out of nothing, Martin says bravely. As a reward, he can climb Mount Elgon, while I was on the exciting slopes around the mountain and the Sipi Falls pleasure. Rested, we reach Jinja, where one of the sources of the Nile can be found. The Bujagali Falls are one of the tourist centers of the country. There are bungee-jumping, rafting, canoeing – everything. In Mandisi makes my BMW massive problems: the starter and steering head bearings are over.

The landlady of the Court View Hotel allows us to use PC and phone, to order spare parts in Germany. The company Q-Tech, which has already saved me on previous trips out of many a mess helps now and bring the parts on the road. The waiting time is spent in the Murchison Falls National Park, which you can actually ride on motorcycles. While there is no pleasure to rumble with the defective bearing on the runway and to push the box after each stop, but the park is above ground. On a motorcycle to see the wild animals even greater. The highlight is a boat trip on the Nile falls, spoke for the huge crocodiles at the foot of the incoming water masses. Many fish survive the overthrow of the cases do not, so for the giant lizards, here is a kind of fast food.