The road the Kondoa is one of the worst roads I have ever experienced. I read, in another travel blog, about a couple trying to reach Kondoa and only getting as far as Babati. I don’t blame them. Years ago I lived in Vancouver, Canada and had a regular practice of taking my Jeep deep into the mountains around BC. The road to Kondoa reminded me of the very worst logging roads I ever had ever experienced. We were travelling to Kondoa in search of Tanzanian ‘Bushman’ who should not be confused with the Bushman of Southern Africa (See the movie THE GODS MUST BE CRAZY). We were looking for these traditional hunter-gatherers as part of research for a book I have been working on and a seminar we run. As bad as the road
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