Today at around noon we decided to go to the beach. One of our favorite places is Rio Savane. A peninsula jutting into the Indian Ocean with the Savane River on the south and the Ocean on the north. It didnt take much convincing for Joao to take us. He loves the beach! When we arrived the tide was out. The normal transport accross the river was stuck on the other side where the deep river channel lies. We had to walk accross the river bottom to meet the boat that would carry us the last 100 yards. It was muddy to the ankles so walking barefoot turned out to be easiset.
We met people crossing the river in the other direction taking their products into town. (a twenty plus mile hike)
The Indian Ocean was beautiful. There was a small fishing village to the north and villagers walking down to the river crossing point. We decided to walk up to the village. There were quite a few boats out on the water fishing. The boats were dug out canoes with sails.
While walking to the village, we were having a meal prepared at a resturaunt located on the peninsula. The meal was wonderful. We spoke with the proprietor and owner of Rio Savane. The property has been in his family for 3 generations. The large trees we enjoyed today were planted in 1951 including groves of coconut trees. We then walked back to the beach and headed south. To the mouth of the river. We had to hurry back to the boat so we would not miss the last run to the car at 5 pm.
It was amazing to see the river now the tide had come in. The river we almost could walk accross was full. It was going to be another beautiful Africa sunset.
With afternoons like today it makes it hard to leave Africa. When we crossed the river by dugout and arrived at the car I was brought back to reality. I hate mosquitos!
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