Pole to Pole
Day 106: Kigoma to Mpulungu

Every boat is vying with its neighbour to get close to the Liemba. As soon as the tiniest gap is glimpsed paddles are applied furiously and very often one hull will ride up over another, until with cries of protest the offending canoe is thrust back. Babes in arms are passed to the hopeful safety of outstretched hands. Small boys frantically bale out their boats.
This is African business. The whites can only watch and photograph. There is an urgency about it all that is spellbinding and exhilarating and exhausting. And I'm told later that what looked like a fully-fledged native attack is just one of fifteen scheduled stops.
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PALIN'S GUIDES
- Series: Pole to Pole
- Day: 106
- Country/sea: Tanzania
- Place: Kigoma
- Book page no: 241
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