About Thomas Appel
1,453 km
106:49 h
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- January 6, 2025
The trip to the Slave Memorial was worth it. Entrance fee for tourists is 5 USD per person. A guide then accompanies you to the memorial, to the church and to the chambers where the slaves were kept until they were sold. At the end of the tour, you can read about the slave trade in East Africa on numerous…
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- January 1, 2025
A dirt road leads from the tarred road about 900 m into the forest to the stalactite caves. A rusty, barely legible sign points this out. At the end of the path there is a building with a thatched roof where the entrance fee to the national park, 3 USD per person, is collected. You are given helmets…
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- December 27, 2024
You can rarely pay with a credit card in the small shops and vegetable stalls. The ATM in Kiwengwa is on the main road that leads north out of town. There is also a well-stocked supermarket nearby, which also sells nut muesli without added sugar, for example. From the beach, the passages to this main…
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- August 31, 2024
Nice weather and hauling
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Thomas Appel went gravel riding.
August 28, 2024
02:31
41.5km
16.5km/h
290m
290m
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- July 9, 2024
Very steep asphalted path to the Grüntenhütte (currently not open) (very low gear ratio and high-torque motor required). It is better to hike from the hut to the summit! After a few hundred meters, alpine terrain begins. At the end before the summit, the path is like a climbing route, secured with steel…
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There is no beach between Stone Town and the airport. For a beach walk over coral rocks, you can go down the stairs immediately before the start of the military area.
The beach is inhabited by fishermen who have moored their boats there. A nice farewell to the island and the Indian Ocean, just 8 minutes by car from the airport.