After the first impressions gathered from urban Kisumu, we took a trip around the rural area. By Boda Boda we went 6 km to Dunga beach, which is one of the harbors were fish is brought to land. As good old tourists we took a guided boat trip to see the local fishermen and caught some hippo’s on the side.
Fishermen's boat - Lake Victoria
Hippo
When we got back at the harbor we were lucky to witness the chaotic arrival of the fishermen. Like they were hiding before, suddenly the whole beach area was filled with women buying and selling fish. We were overwhelmed by all the colors, chaos and movement surrounding the place.
Dunga harbor
Fish market
Coincidentally we had heard some stories about the papyrus production at this spot. This drew our attention. So we went to a local producer, which produced beautiful crafted baskets, from this material.
Papyrus at a basket production place
On our way back, we tried the Boda Boda bicycles ourselves, which caused lots of laughs from the original drivers, which didn’t believe women are able to cycle in the first place. But of course Floor and Anne surprised when making a more than smooth ride.
Anne & Rick riding Boda Boda
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October 23, 2009 at 6:05 pm
Sandra
hey toeristen…
geweldig, wat een ervaring, en ja…vrouwen die kunnen fietsen…heel bijzonder. Die mensen zouden hier ook hun ogen uitkijken denk ik.
Super zo in je bootje met nijlpaarden om je heen, heel bijzonder.
Geniet er maar lekker van!
Heel leuk om die foto’s te zien.
Hoe gaat het met jullie fietsenproject??
groetjes
sandra