Setting sail

Motors started at 3.30am and set off at 4am for a 12 hour sail. Calm conditions. Awoke a little but got up at sunrise. Yoga on deck, reading, crocheting, chatting. Omelette for breakfast. Heavy rain before reaching the island- Goziba. We bagged up paracetamol, amoxicillin, metronidazole into small prescription packets. Then filled syringes with lignocaine for Hesron the dentist. Finally arrived at Goziba. Truely in the middle of nowhere. All ‘houses’ seem to be corrugated. Lots of boats everywhere. Passed some on route- tiny things with little lighting. Hard for our Captain Jumar to see. Safety talk. Then lunch by Titan and Ilea. Medical talk afterwards. Very interesting and scarey and exciting. A few boats came over to meet us. Lots of hand shaking. Then we were transported to the island. Wow! A culture shock. Very basic. Shops everywhere, food, barbers, alcohol, herbalists, pharmacies, hens, ducks, Guinea fowl, goats. Tanzania playing Guinea1-0. School, health clinic, church- Christians and Muslims.Read more