Allthough we only covered 40 km today, we feel great, we realy had a good day. We left late this morning because Morne interviewed a few people about conditions in the area. He is compiling a documentary on our trip.

We must admit, we were a bit apprehensive about the Burundi leg of our trip. But, so far, we were proved wrong. The people are extremely friendly and very interested in what we are doing. The area is beautiful and reminds us of  the "Valley of a thousand hills" in Kwa Zulu Natal.

This morning we woke up to the noise of cars. There is a main road running along the side of the lake, all the way up to Bujumbura. People refer to their capital as "Buja".

As we paddle north, we still have the DRC (Democratic Republic of the Congo) on our left. The shores of Burundi seem to be more populated than those of Tanzania.

We had lunch next to a scenic delta. Tuna and pasta never tasted so good. We passed a military boat this afternoon, with no intervention from either of us.

Tonight we are camping at a river mouth close to Rumonge where we can see a few hippo paths. The two multi purpose  kayaks will be used as barriers for the night. 

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