Nyumba ya Mungu: Trip X

Fisherman boats.

We will never tire of the trip to Nyumba ya Mungu (Trip I, II, III, IV, V & VI, VII, Trip VIII, Trip IX) and this weekend we decided to head to the usual route on the motorcycle. Because the habitat around most of the road leading to Nyumba ya Mungu is open acacia scrub, you can pretty much take the motorcycle anywhere off road and even on the main road the agility of the motorcycle is a distinct advantage over the car. The road is either extremely muddy or extremely sandy with small bridges constantly washed out so being able to find a small track around a sketchy river bank is key.

We really lucked out with the weather and the overcast skies allowed us to take our time on the ride out to stop and explore the acacia scrub and dried river beds. This was the first time we'd visited the place when it wasn't scorching hot and as a result it was also the longest trip that we've taken there. When we know it is hot we will try to leave at 7am and make it back by lunch. Today we left at 9am and came back to Moshi at 6pm.

The road was extremely dry but the lake was nearly as full as we've ever seen it. This is a result of an abnormally large amount of rain we've received in the last month, though it has tapered off over the last week or so. It didn't seem as busy with fisherman but we had also arrived at the lake quite late so we encountered a few fisherman counting their catch and children playing at the water. As usual we enjoyed our visit!

A young Masaai walks with the mountains in the background.

Taking a rest.

Great transport along the shore of the lake.

Fisherman boats tied together.

Free range pig.