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The map shows the position of which the pictures for the day are taken (if any). The start and finish markers are placed at the first and last valid registered position. This is not nessesary the actual start and finish position, if GSM or GPS signals was not available.

Goto: 2009-04-08 2009-04-10 Africa

2009-04-09:
Distance today: 38.0 km (Accumulated: 12361.8 km)
Elapsed time: 03:46:38
Country: Africa

Start 10:17am. At "Hotel Salaam" in Maksegnit village on the main rd. to Addis Abeba, 500m. after km-marker 681. 19c, overcast and l. wind. Finish 15:17pm. At km-marker 642 on the main rd. to Addis Abeba. 25c, cloudy after rain and same.

The supportcar has arrived !!! Its time to make forward distance again :-))

Despite quite hilly terrain, alt. between ca. 1700m and ca. 2500m, the legs definately has gathered strength during the 2 days of recovery in Maksegnit !

And its safe to say that having the support of Tommy (nicknamed "the gun") who has flown in from denmark to drive the supportcar through E. Africa makes a Huge difference to running w. a stroller pushing 40kg up the hills.. :-)

By the way I had 10min. of rain today. First drops I have fealt since Turkey 5000km ago (saw first rainclouds 3days ago) !!!
Signals that Im out of the deserts, Syrian, Jordan, Sinai and the Sahara, now.

NB: In Ethiopia gprs-service (global phone roaming service) is not yet avaliable for datatransmission. Therefore the Live-gps data cant be transmittet to the website as usual. It may first be avaliable in Kenya. Untill then traditional documentation is used: photo, logbook, video, wittness etc. !