Rest Day in Mbeya - March 27

Not feeling good. The mosquito net wasn’t really big enough to go over the bed properly and I wake to find I have been bitten like crazy. Either my arm was touching the net or something had got into it earlier – whatever I have been bitten loads. Not good! I was late to breakfast, not that that mattered. I sat over breakfast for about 3 hours and watched the Formula One Opening Grand Prix in Australia – really enjoyed that – was a good morning. Afterwards I lay down in my room for a while. Later I decided I should maybe go and get some tests done so we walked down to the village but the clinic was closed. Wandered around the village looking for a supermarket and eventually ended up in a taxi to the opposite side of town. Found a supermarket and stocked up – bought a whole load of snacks. We had two days riding then a rest day at the beach where we had been told we might not be able to buy anything – and then we had 5 more days of riding – so I bought enough snacks for 7 days!! Returned to the hotel – my stomach is hurting. Had some bike maintenance to do – changed my tyres and sorted out the grip on my bars – had to use medical tape to secure it back in place. Was meant to change my brake cables – which are sliding like crazy – but I ran out of energy. Didn’t feel up to walking back in to town to use the internet so that was another job that didn’t get done – tried a process of eating a little then lying down to allow it to settle – grapes seemed to work well!! Eventually it was time for bed gain and had a better night’s sleep. Managed to give Scott the worng time in the morning, which meant we got up an hour too early. At least we were ready in plenty of time!!