The Road to Bishangari Lodge

A couple of weeks ago we made a weekend trip to an eco-lodge called Bishangari. It is situated by the shores of lake Langando (see earlier blogposts). It turned out to be a really nice, laid back place with good food, solar power, bio gas and waste recycling. Wildlife is right on the doorstep in the form of wild boars, hippos, baboons, white-taled monkies and an abundand bird-life. There are some nice walks in the wood also. We put Isa in a backpack and took off walking in the woods to a small waterfall nearby.

The really interesting stuff about the trip was the Indiana Jones-style road to get there. The first 3 hours are nice, paved highway, but the last 20 kilometers are gravel roads that are un passable without 4WD. The local kids have understood the relative difficulty for tourists to find the place and offer to show you the way for some Birrs. Although, it is completely uneccessary since the trees are all marked with orange and white colors to guide you. The kids still try to convince you that you need their help and jump on the car whilst you drive. They hang on to the spare wheel on the back screaming "guide mister!" while you try to concentrate on driving on this really scary road!

Then you pass a couple of bridges... The first are small, but ok to pass, but the last one is actually a container that somebody has put on top of a gorge and opened the two sides to let vehicles pass through (pic). Fine, but the thing is obviously made for Nissan Micra, not for a Mitsubishi Pajero. With the rear view mirrors folded, I think we had 3 centimeters left on each side. No kidding!

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