After a breakfast that took 2 hours we walked down to the shore of Lake Victoria where two “boats” (read scraps of wood and metal put together to something floating) were waiting for us. We divided ourselves and jumped into the boats and floated out on the green contaminated water of Lake Victoria. It is quite easy to see one of the reasons why Lake Victoria is so full of trash and other substances not really belonging in any nature environment because the first thing we saw when we got down to the Lake’s shore was cars which had been driven right down into the lake which was now used as a huge carwash. Quite sad to see.
Apart from alga and water hyacinths we also saw hippos and eagles living of the Lake. How anything could be living in such green water, the color just like green paint, is to me a mystery.
While being told about the latest death brought up by hippos our boat broke down about 2 – 3 meters from a pack of them. The engine died and the boat was leaking from the side, we had to be dragged by the other boat back while the boys sitting behind me in the boat were given buckets to try and keep the boat somewhat dry. It was all very exciting.
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