{"id":255,"date":"2010-07-14T18:54:26","date_gmt":"2010-07-14T18:54:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.capetocairo2010.co.za\/?p=255"},"modified":"2011-09-22T14:15:51","modified_gmt":"2011-09-22T14:15:51","slug":"14-july-day-15","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.capetocairo2010.co.za\/?p=255","title":{"rendered":"14 July (Day 15)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today was the first day that we truly experienced the roads that we can expect going further North. We did a 320km ride of which the 250km between Iringa and Dodoma (The Tanzanian Capital) was gravel, intense corrugation, rocks the size of rugby balls, pits of soft sand and you name it, it was all there.<\/p>\n<p>Although this road was difficult it traversed some incredibly beautiful parts of Tanzania with a greater concentration of ancient Baobab trees than I have ever seen anywhere else.<\/p>\n<p>These 250km took us no less than 4 hours to do and we are both exhausted.We are spending the night at the new Dodoma Hotel in Dodoma which is great\u2026.comfortable rooms, good food and good service. Its 21h30 and I am in bed!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.capetocairo2010.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/CIMG0408.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px\" title=\"CIMG0408\" border=\"0\" alt=\"CIMG0408\" src=\"http:\/\/www.capetocairo2010.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/CIMG0408_thumb.jpg\" width=\"649\" height=\"492\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Somewhere between Iringa and Dodoma<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.capetocairo2010.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/Baobab.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px\" title=\"Baobab\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Baobab\" src=\"http:\/\/www.capetocairo2010.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/Baobab_thumb.jpg\" width=\"649\" height=\"490\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Water break. It was HOT!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.capetocairo2010.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_0732.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px\" title=\"\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.capetocairo2010.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_0732_thumb.jpg\" width=\"646\" height=\"488\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Katie decided to have a little snooze after I parked her and went to find a bush.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.capetocairo2010.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/CIMG0412.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px\" title=\"CIMG0412\" border=\"0\" alt=\"CIMG0412\" src=\"http:\/\/www.capetocairo2010.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/CIMG0412_thumb.jpg\" width=\"644\" height=\"487\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Miles of beautiful but dry barren landscape.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today was the first day that we truly experienced the roads that we can expect going further North. 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