mending the nets.........

Dark thunderclouds in the skies today and we had heavy rains in the night! Took myself off walking - I know this area quite well.  Near the lodge is a 'white man's cemetery' where early missionaries were buried in the late 1800's.  The graveyard is in bad repair now which is a shame as its a piece of history!  Most of the people who are buried there are young and there are a couple of babies with the headstone just reading 'baby'.  As well as the missionaries, there are two other more recent graves, one the founder of the lodge where I am staying who died in an accident, and the other a young man whose body was found in the lake.

Leaving the graves I climbed Makuzi hill where you get a fabulous view of the area overlooking Kande beach and various other small bays.  On the way down, I came across this man mending his fishing nets - he was delighted when I asked if I could take his picture!!

I then wandered through the village and had a chat with come of the locals - a good day!  Its such a sandy area that the only crop which is grown here is cassava - vegetables have to be grown inland!

In the evening the lodge had a special New Years celebration organised - lots of food and fun and fireworks on the beach.  Unfortunately we had to take the tables inside due to an amazing thunderstorm..........who needs electricity anyway when you have lightning!!