It probably doesn't surprise you to read that we didn't stay and chill for an extra day in Cape Maclear. "Let's go", Hans said when he woke up and that's what we did. We were on the road again at 7:00. We first went to Monkey Bay, some 25 km from Cape Maclear and had breakfast at the Venice Beach Backpackers Lodge. The beach there is actually much nicer than Cape Maclear.
We then got on our way to Nhkotakota. The weather was perfect and the roads excellent. For the first time on our trip we see Tanzanian registered trucks. We are getting close to home now!Still there is very little traffic and to our surprise we don't see any tourists. About 10km south of Nkhotakota there are 5 or 6 six lodges on the beach. Very pretty but they were all deserted. We stopped at the Fish Eagle lodge for lunch and asked the manager where all the guests are. He told us that there were quite a few South African guests around Christmas but they all left. It can't be very lucrative to own a lodge here.
After lunch we continued to Nhkata Bay. Over the lake we saw in the distance some black clouds of smoke. What could that be?When we got closer, all we could see is smoke rising from the lake. We stopped and asked someone about it. Those are lake flies, he said. Can you believe it. A big cloud of flies that you can see at 10 kilometer distance!
The last 20 kilometers coming in to Nhkata bay was a weird winding road which was great fun on the bike. We rode 500 kilometer along the lake today. The bikese are still doing very well. We didn't have to tighten the chain yet, which amazes us. They haven't used any oil. The tires on the other hand are almost gone now (they will probably just get us home).
In Nhkata Bay we found a very nice room at the Butterfly lodge overlooking the bay. Big thunderstorms were developping and it was awesome to see the lighting over the lake.
It's now the 3rd of January and Hans' birthday. It's raining a bit so we are not in a hurry to leave.
We then got on our way to Nhkotakota. The weather was perfect and the roads excellent. For the first time on our trip we see Tanzanian registered trucks. We are getting close to home now!Still there is very little traffic and to our surprise we don't see any tourists. About 10km south of Nkhotakota there are 5 or 6 six lodges on the beach. Very pretty but they were all deserted. We stopped at the Fish Eagle lodge for lunch and asked the manager where all the guests are. He told us that there were quite a few South African guests around Christmas but they all left. It can't be very lucrative to own a lodge here.
After lunch we continued to Nhkata Bay. Over the lake we saw in the distance some black clouds of smoke. What could that be?When we got closer, all we could see is smoke rising from the lake. We stopped and asked someone about it. Those are lake flies, he said. Can you believe it. A big cloud of flies that you can see at 10 kilometer distance!
The last 20 kilometers coming in to Nhkata bay was a weird winding road which was great fun on the bike. We rode 500 kilometer along the lake today. The bikese are still doing very well. We didn't have to tighten the chain yet, which amazes us. They haven't used any oil. The tires on the other hand are almost gone now (they will probably just get us home).
In Nhkata Bay we found a very nice room at the Butterfly lodge overlooking the bay. Big thunderstorms were developping and it was awesome to see the lighting over the lake.
It's now the 3rd of January and Hans' birthday. It's raining a bit so we are not in a hurry to leave.
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