Sunday walk to Bugasha

It was time to explore a bit so we set off to find the Lake. Heading due East we were greeted often and given much advice. The best one from a young teenager was 'there are many ways to the lake' and after a long pause 'but I think you should go......' and he drew a map in the earth with a stick.

We came over the escarpment and found it was the same village Annie had been to last month, Bugasha. A leisurely stroll down the path found us at the Lake shore, in all about 2 hours.

We had soda and sweet bananas and were surrounded by curious children. An interesting man with good english asked us about life in England and talked of life by the Lake. His brother turned up and he had extremely good knowledge, knowing about Papua New Guinea, New Caledonia and othe far flung places. It turned out he had trained as an aeronautic engineer in Moscow. He asked searching questions about why the economic situation in the world had taken a down turn and who was responsible. Not the easiest question to answer but after blaming the irresponsible gambling by bankers we ranged far and wide- China, interest rates, price of tilapia, supermarkets etc...

Life is not easy, fish are more scarce but there is always time for coffee (Kahawa) under the mango tree. We then strolled back under the hot sun. Next day most of the staff were amazed we had walked there. 'Why didn't you take transport?