Leg 105, Mogoto, Uganda via Kenya to Baidoa, Somalia
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Another milestone reached, 2000th airport visited during this leg. Although some airports are a bit of guesswork where or what the landing strip is.
12-05 Moroto HUMO 3:54 AM
12-05 Perror HUMR 4:17 AM Runway?
12-05 Lodwar HKLO 4:40 AM
12-05 Ferguson’s Gulf HKFG 4:54 AM
12-05 Kataboi HKLW 5:09 AM Runway?
12-05 Alia Bay HKLD 5:26 AM Runway?
12-05 Loyangalani HKLY 5:54 AM
12-05 Gatab Lower HKOX 6:12 AM
12-05 Belatrix Kargi HKON 6:38 AM
12-05 Segel HKQI 6:50 AM
12-05 Sololo HKST 7:29 AM
12-05 Moyale MYS 7:50 AM
12-05 Moyale Lower HKMY 7:55 AM
12-05 Bute Moyale HKOP 8:07 AM
12-05 Takabba HKSS 8:32 AM
12-05 Rhamu HK0B 9:01 AM
12-05 Mandera HKMA 9:20 AM
12-05 Lugh Ganane HCMJ 9:41 AM
12-05 Waajid HCWA 10:02 AM
12-05 Baidoa HCMB 10:26 AM Virtual vision landing
Flight time 6:32 19 stops
I haven’t seen the desert in a while, still as lovely as before
Following a dried up river to Lodwar
Lodwar on the Turkwel river
Kataboi on lake Turkana
Alia Bay on the other side of the lake
Mount Kulal Biosphere Reserve
Flying up Mount Kulal, a 7,497 ft high eroded extinct vulcano
Pretty steep climb, I had to loop back to make it
The airstrip is on the hill, taking of right over the valley
Between Gatab and Belatrix Kargi
Kargi
Gof Barachuma, one of the many craters in the area, this one near Segel airstrip
Sololo
Moyale, Etheopia, right on the border with Kenya
The city is in both countries, flying back into Kenya
Approaching Takabba over the Dide Galgalu Desert
Lost in the coarse height data, right in Takabba
Mandera
Peaceful non eventful flight to Lugh Ganane
Lugh Ganane inside a huge loop in the Webi Jubba river
Approaching Waajid, last bit of sunshine
Following a string of lights to Baidoa
Fancy lighting for a dusty dirt road!
No more light, continue tomorrow.