Tribewanted

Tribewanted is the most stunning place I have been to so far. We spent 5 days here waking up on a beach and falling asleep to the sounds of waves, having training sessions in an outdoor classroom facing the sea and resting in a hammock to watch the sun set. The camp is entirely echo friendly which meant having outdoor bucket showers in a little wooden cubicle and having to go to the toilet in what I can only describe as being a hole in the ground. It was definitely an experience.   

The people everywhere are so friendly. We met some interesting characters at Tribewanted from Big Mama who is Rasario Dawsons mum (the daughter is a big film star but none of us knew what film’s she had been in) to Avril and Ray who are spending 2 years travelling Africa in a little camper van. The children are also amazing, we spent a while playing with them and they all took a shine to the slack line we had set up between two trees. At one point Mark started helping MoMo (the local nudist kid) go along the line and then a whole group of other kids suddenly joined him out of nowhere and we soon found ourselves all holding onto about 3 kids each as they tried to cross the line. After what felt like hours we managed to retreat back to the hammocks.

On the Sunday we spent the day doing a 7 hour trek through the bush up a hill/mountain called Picket Point. This was pretty challenging and wasn’t helped by the fact our guide CoCo would often say we were only a few minutes from the top when we were actually more like half an hour. Still, it was completely worth it once we got there as it was an incredible view of the country. Greg perhaps didn’t quite appreciate the view quite as much as us, as the gruelling heat and steep hill had meant that he had a rather horizontal view. On the way up we even saw a snake go straight past us. After talking to someone when we got back they seemed to think it was a Cobra but I’m not too sure that it was. That night it’s safe to say we all slept pretty well.
I really enjoyed my time here. One of the highlights was me and Mark attempting to canoe across the crocodile lagoon. We started with high hopes expecting to explore the area however as soon as we both got in, the whole thing filled with water and we had to jump back out desperately trying to get the water out with our hands. A local guy must have seen we needed help as he came over and told us how to get in properly. Pushing us away from the shore we began paddling with a long stick and plank of wood and after completing two 360’s we decided that neither of us should use the canoes again and we got out and walked it back. Fairly unsuccessful. 

By Wednesday we were packed and ready to leave again, heading for Makeni, our destination for the next 3 months.