Lake Tanganika – surrounded by mountains is beautiful…
Today I visited the village of Ujiji just 8 km south of Kigoma – where once Stanley found David Livingstone – there is fenced monument located surprisely not on the shore but some 800 m inland – the level of the lake is much lower now. But what a place!
Bad news: the famous steamer “Liemba” /ex-German war ship/ cruising Lake Tanganika is out of service since one month! The other Tanzanian passenger boat is also broken – waiting for the spare parts. It is Africa….
How can I get to Zambia now? Three days by train to Dar es Salam and another two days by bus or train to Lusaka…. There are no available rail tickets in 1st and 2nd class till 21st April… Third class… Five days in the heat…
There is single airline who operate Kigoma-Dar route but they charge hefty 190 USD per one-way!
Cargo boats? The response is: we do not know when and they are not authorized to carry passengers…
Are you keeping your fingers crossed?
