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Kayaking in the Mangroves

Posted on November 24th, 2008 in Africa, Gabon by robjkentjr

For our final day at Mayumba, we made use of the free kayaks to explore the mangrove forest.  Along with this park, the Wildlife Conservation Society has successfully launched several others on the path to sustainability.
We came to Mayumba for the whale watching but decided the free kayaks would be more fun, and a bit cheaper.
It was not so hard to paddle and take pictures at the same time.  I just had to be careful no to drop the camera in the water.
Here are David and Peta coming around a bend in the mangrove maze.
We paddled to the other side of lagoon and walked up to the Catholic Mission.
This is Stewart and Amy, the volunteers that run Mayumba NP.  As well as poaching from the Congo Ninjas, they are working to change the fishing habits of the local village.  For all you oyster eaters, pray they are successful.
I think this ferry took one to many 7-ton beer trucks.
Here is Rasa once again demonstrating our shower curtain.  Great for those crowded hotel lawns.
Tomorrow, we visit the ranch.  It turns out one of our friends will be in Southern Gabon and has invited us to visit his cattle ranch.

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Catching Dinner

Posted on November 13th, 2008 in Africa, Gabon by robjkentjr

Mayumba has that postcard deserted feel to it and this kept us around for an extra day.  Well, that and the great fishing won us over.
I awoke to a coral tinged, misty beach.
Later, David was determined to catch us dinner.
In frustration, he decided the dishes would be an easier task to accomplish.
Rasa and Peta stayed back at the campsite and worked on email.  What else would they be doing in the middle of Africa on a deserted beach?
We ended up getting our fish the easy way and bought it off the fishing boat.
There was so much we even shared the carcass with the crabs.
To finish off the day, I took a swim on the equator (almost on it at least).
While in town buying our fish, we stopped off at the National Park office and discovered it has kayaks for exploring the mangroves.  We will give that a go tomorrow.

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