Wampembe - Tanzania

We had a fairly early start this morning after a breakfast of muesli, but not before Louis took the local chief of the village for a "spin" in the kayak.

Again today we had waves of about one meter high and the wind blowing from a south easterly direction, more or less in our backs. The kayak performed well in these relatively high swells which broke over us. At times it felt as though we were in open seas, without the salty taste.

This morning, just past Malesa, we moved from Zambia on our left to the Democratic Repbuplic of the Congo. But, we are staying  in Tanzanian waters until we cross the Burundi border. This will hopefully happen around  the middle of August. (+- 14-16 th).

We had lunch on a small island, where  yet again we met with the most friendly people. Luckily Louis speaks Swahili well, which makes  communication  easy. Lunch lasts about one hour.

We find the big bays ( see image above) misleading and since you try and stay as close to the shore as possible, you  sometimes paddle a lot further than  necessary. Today Morne broke  a paddle. The sleeve on the one side where the shaft of the other side fits in tore, but with duct tape and cable ties it is as good as new. We do have a spare one though.

Tonight we are camping 15 meters from the shoreline. The locals did warn us about crocodiles in the area. The place is called Wampembe.

We are tired but the spirit is high. Our equipment that we  rely on so much is doing well.

Distance covered   37 km    Total distance  120

Morne/Louis