We did 41 km for the day and we are about 12 km from the Burundi border.  The place is called Kiziba and we are alone on the beach close to the village. Toppers and mash was "'enjoyed" tonight, a very welcome change to the boring boerewors and rump steak that we had at Kigoma. A real welcome change was to hear new jokes. Our pool of jokes got a bit boring after hearing the same ones over and over. "Have I told this one yet?". Thanks to Brent  and we hope it will last at least up to Saturday.

We left Kigoma this morning with Bill and Robyn accompaning us in a motor boat up to Gombe where we had a nice finger brunch prepared by Robyn.  The first 10 km was very rough with a strong wind from the land. It is amazing  the influence  the wind has on on the lake as the mountainous area changes. After that it was very quiet and we had an easy row up to Kiziba.

The humidity is comfortable as it is the dry period of the year and you always have a breeze. At night we sleep under the sleeping bags, supplied by Bushtec, and it has never been necessary to get into them.  We have been wearing shorts and T-shirts all the time.

We are about 12 km from the  Burundi border and will hopefully clear through customs early in the morning. 

Leave a Reply