This early morning, the friendly fishermen on the banks of the Nile welcomed us with a big smile and a helping hand with removing our kayaks from the car's roof rack. The weekend had started, so high time for a relaxing early morning paddle! Watching the beautiful sunrise made me realize that I miss out on such great spectacular panorama's during the week. Every time we visit this special place, we somehow envy the local fishermen on these banks. They actually lead a very healthy life: sleeping and working in the fresh air, eating lots of healthy fish, enjoying the beautiful Nile surroundings, good company, and enough exercise on their hand-driven wooden boats. Compared to these wooden boats, our kayaks look extremely colourful and the fishermen are always very curious and interested to know more about them. This morning our paddles were the topic of discussion; one of the fisherman was observing them with great interest. One of the peddles actually is made of local wood and was made by a local carpenter here in Kosti. It somehow reminds us of the tool that pizza bakers use to get the pizza in and out of the oven, but somehow it works as a paddle. The other paddle was brought from Holland and is definitely more 'fancy' and light (-you can even take it apart in two pieces!). While the fisherman took a paddle in each hand he seemed to compare the two thoroughly. Eventually he lifted the wooden ('pizza') paddle and drew his conclusion: "This is a lazy paddle!".
