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Crossing AfricaSigurd Jordes samleside for foto fra familie og arbeid. // Sigurd Jordes galleries of private and professional photography

Crossing lake Tanganyika in two days, from Mpulungu (Zambia) to Kigoma (Tanzania).

Lake Tanganyika
Crossing lake Tanganyika in two days, from Mpulungu (Zambia) to Kigoma (Tanzania).

Lions Head seen from Table Mountain. Cape Town, South Africa, July 1994.

Lions Head
Lions Head seen from Table Mountain. Cape Town, South Africa, July 1994.

Table Mountain at sunset.

Table Cloth
Table Mountain at sunset.

First few days in Cape Town, before crossing Africa.

Heading north
First few days in Cape Town, before crossing Africa. Soweto

Soweto

Soweto

Ruins of Great Zimbabwe, built between 1000-1300.

Great Zimbabwe
Ruins of Great Zimbabwe, built between 1000-1300.

Great Zimbabwe

Great Enclosure
Great Zimbabwe

Great Zimbabwe

Great Enclosure
Great Zimbabwe

Sunset

Sunset

Crossing Matopos on bike. Near Bulawayo, Zimbabwe

Matopos
Crossing Matopos on bike. Near Bulawayo, Zimbabwe

Worlds view, Matopos

Rhodes Grave
Worlds view, Matopos

Train engine, crossing Hwange national park, early morning. Zimbabwe

View from the engine
Train engine, crossing Hwange national park, early morning. Zimbabwe

Crosswords

Crosswords

Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe

Steam train
Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe

On bike, outside Victoria falls, Zimbabwe

Lion foot print?
On bike, outside Victoria falls, Zimbabwe

Border between Zimbabwe and Zambia

Victoria Falls
Border between Zimbabwe and Zambia

Southern shore of Lake Tanganyika, Zambia

Mpulungu
Southern shore of Lake Tanganyika, Zambia

Mpulungu

Mpulungu

Mpulungu

Mpulungu

Built in 1913 by German Imperial Navy, still in service

Mv Liemba
Built in 1913 by German Imperial Navy, still in service

Lake Tanganyika

MV Liemba
Lake Tanganyika

Train from Kigoma to Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania

Crossing Tanzania
Train from Kigoma to Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania

Dar es Salaam

Dar es Salaam

Zanzibar

Zanzibar

Zanzibar

Stone Town
Zanzibar

Zanzibar

Jambiani
Zanzibar

Lalibela rock-hewn churches, Ethiopia

Church of St. George
Lalibela rock-hewn churches, Ethiopia

Lalibela

Church of St. George
Lalibela

Lalibela rock-hewn churches, Ethiopia

Bete Medhane Alem
Lalibela rock-hewn churches, Ethiopia

Ethiopia

Outside of Lalibela
Ethiopia

Gondar castle, Ethiopia

Gondar
Gondar castle, Ethiopia Etiopia

Etiopia

Simien mountains
Etiopia

Blue Nile Falls, Ethiopia

Blue Nile Falls
Blue Nile Falls, Ethiopia

Ethiopia

Gondar
Ethiopia

Massawa, Eritreas coastal town, was severly bombed by Ethiopia in the war which ended in 1991.

Massawa
Massawa, Eritreas coastal town, was severly bombed by Ethiopia in the war which ended in 1991.

Gas station with scars from the war

Massawa
Gas station with scars from the war Massawa

Massawa

Massawa

Crossing Africa (colour collection)

In 1994 I bought a plane ticket to Cape Town, South Africa, and a return ticket from Cairo. I crossed over land by train, car, truck and bus from South Africa to Eritrea, before returning home.