Nyihogo

Set out relatively early with a plan to take a ferry across the lake to shave off a few hundred kilometers of driving. Sorted out our tickets and lined up for the ferry, only to realize that each trip took ~1 hour and given that not that many vehicles fit on each ferry and only one ferry was operating, our wait time would be ~3 hours or longer. John had befriended the ferry traffic control guy earlier, which was very handy when we decided to do the long drive versus wait indefinitely for the ferry. He helped us get out of line so we could carry on our way.
The roads have been very good, but slow-going because of so many villages and schools requiring very slow speeds. At one of the police stops we were waved over, asked for our license and paperwork, then asked if we could give one of the police a ride to Dodoma (hundreds of kilometers away in largely the wrong direction). We again said we were forbidden to take any passengers (true) and were able to go on our way to Kahama where we found a hotel (we couldn’t find any camping along this non-touristy route) to stay the night.Read more