• HOME
  • About US
    • The Adventure
    • Responsibility
  • Consulting
    • Consulting
    • Services
    • Cupping
  • Products
    • KeepCup
    • Coffee Pouches
    • Dalla Cia Coretto Grappa
    • Huky 500 Coffee Roaster
    • Copper Brew Bar Stations
    • Coffee Trees / Seedlings
  • Coffea Racemosa
  • RECUP
    • HOW RECUP WORKS
    • ABOUT RECUP
    • JOIN RECUP
  • Contact
  Cultivar Coffee - Small Batch Green Coffee Specialists

Wampembe - Tanzania

7/25/2008

2 Comments

 

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





2 Comments
Sylvie Armitage
7/25/2008 07:17:40 pm

Hey Boys, great to hear everyone is so friendly & the spirit is high. Nothing like duck tape to fix things! I update everyone on the farm daily with your progress & let me know when you catch your 1st tiger fish.
Big Hugs
Sylv

Reply
Hennie & Dore
7/25/2008 07:59:06 pm

Greetings from Johan & Peggy Peters, Kit & Donna Bell who are off to Kruger in a few days. Just yesterday Kit advised if you have duct tape you'll be ok!! We all wish you well and follow your progress with interest. Keep it up guys, you have covered nearly 20 % of your distance. HPDP

Reply



Leave a Reply.

    Author

    Morné and Louis provided daily voice feedback via satellite phone from the Lake Tanganyika.  These updated were published during the course of the expedition.

    Archives

    August 2008
    July 2008
    June 2008

    Categories

    All

    RSS Feed

  • HOME
  • About US
    • The Adventure
    • Responsibility
  • Consulting
    • Consulting
    • Services
    • Cupping
  • Products
    • KeepCup
    • Coffee Pouches
    • Dalla Cia Coretto Grappa
    • Huky 500 Coffee Roaster
    • Copper Brew Bar Stations
    • Coffee Trees / Seedlings
  • Coffea Racemosa
  • RECUP
    • HOW RECUP WORKS
    • ABOUT RECUP
    • JOIN RECUP
  • Contact