Kigoma - Tanzania

The whole Kigoma area is rich in recorded history. About 10 km south of Kigoma is a place called Ujiji. This is where Burton and Speke first reached the shores of Lake Tanganyika in 1858. It is also the famous meeting place of Henry Stanley and Dr David Livingstone in 1871. Livingstone's goal was to expose the horrors of the slave trade. Stanley came looking for him.

We went snorkeling this morning in the hope of  finding some under water footage of the lake's abundance in cichlid fish. You pronounce it as "SICK-lids'. All along the shores of the lake people are catching these beautiful fish to sell to dealers in the aquariam hobby trade. Only about 20% of the catch arrive alive in a hobbyist's tank somewhere in the world.

This afternoon we ended up watching rugby in the private room of a member of the 'South African Tribe'. Earlier we went to all the pubs in Kigoma, but no one was going to televise the rugby. We ended up at the Hill Top Hotel, but again no rugby in a public area. We convinced the receptionist to phone any South African in the hotel after Louis told her that 'My tribe, the South African tribe, is a great tribe'. She could not believe that any one would allow foreigners into their private rooms. Congratulations to the bokke and Madiba in whose honour the game was played. Needless to say we only left after a few beers and dinner at the Hill Top. Thank you Bryn Clark. Bryn does contract work maintaining aeroplanes for the United Nations.