Christmas Paddle in Tanzania

In the U.K. where I am from or for those of you in the former colony most Christmases are spent indoors with family and friends usually with snow outside and a fire burning.  I haven’t spent Christmas at home for several  years but this year had hoped to until Alan sent me some wonderful clients on Safari instead.  Thus I “had to go” kayaking instead (I will wait for the awwwww heard around the world).  With that offer it was certainly not worth staying at home for! So Teena and I packed up Aidan and presents and down we went to Fish Eagle lodge.

Christmas Paddle in Tanzania

Christmas day was a beautiful sunny day that I spent kayaking with our clients.  We spent the day kayaking – pulling up on forgotten beaches;  warm, calm ,deserted …  perfect places for some kayak play and instruction.   We then paddled onto gigantic Moa Bay for some snorkelling ( we” just missed” seeing a Whale Shark there- later that day it got very affectionate with a fishing boat).  Then we cooled off on a sand island that slowly disappeared as the tide came in.  From there we hopped in our boats before the wind picked up and blew us back to shore.   What a great Christmas day and there was still Christmas dinner and presents to go!