Walking the Nile

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Reminiscent of a scene from a silent Laurel and Hardy movie we chased these laughing beasts for nearly a mile before catching up with them. I spent the morning fishing for dinner to accompany a goat we had purchased from our last stop before we entered Tanzania. Many of these tribes are referred to as Nilotic peoples or Nilotes as they speak Nilotic languages common with groups inhabiting the Nile Valley, and parts of Central and East Africa. The river pushes him to the edge of his mental and physical limits as he is forced live off his wits and bushcraft skills. Day 73-74 – We pushed on through acres of sugar plantations where once savannah grassland was found only a couple of years ago.

There are only eight white rhino left in the wild which means extinction before the end of this year.

I make the resolve that this trip is my risk and mine alone and so with a heavy heart I tell him that he cannot continue with me any further. Considering this to be a great honour, I accept with gratitude, my eagerness only being tempered by the wry grin that spreads slowly across Boston’s face. Sadly like my former colleague Boston, Moez is suffering from the effects of walking in the sand and has some amazing blisters on his feet so we will need to consider limiting the miles we do each day, at least to begin with. An expedition across the River Nile by a Forsbrook adventurer has been marred by tragedy after the sudden death of a journalist who was accompanying him on part of the journey.

Walking with his local translator and guide Boston, the adventurers have become committed friends with both being determined to reach and face their greatest challenge to date the Sudd swamp. To make matters worse the Sudd must be achieved before the heavy seasonal rains fall in May, so time is running out and any further delay could seriously jeopardise the whole course of the expedition. Space for Giants and the Tusk Trust head this list but he also raising money for a Children’s Hospital in Malawi (Ameca Trust) and for his former comrades in Arms through the Army Benevolent Fund.

The few people we see soon head for cover the moment they glimpse our arrival and with that any chance of purchasing food for a meal diminish to zero. Considering that this might be the usual morning commute with people heading into work or simply going to market day we did not think this was in anyway unusual. The long dusty road continued to snake through village after village and the number of countless burnt out lorries littering the highway increases the further we progress to Bor.