R WE MAD?: SAS Konstantin sets sail

Uli and Ankla spent the last 2 days on Ilha de Mozambique. The small island about 3km off the coast used to serve as the Portuguese East African capital. All that remains is now rather faded. They stayed in a B&B that has been recently renovated by an Italian architect.

Today they headed to Pemba, a palm fringed beach resort in Northern Moz. This means that in 2 to 3 days time they will arrive at the Rovuma River. The Rovuma forms the border between Mozambique and Tanzania.

Now crossing this 2 km wide expanse of water used to be via a ferry, but as these things do in Africa, it sunk and to date has not been refloated.There is, a new bridge being built about 500km up river, but this would mean a detour of more than 1000km..........................

However, there is one other option, its is a rather risky operation, but Uli is undeterred.

We have read that the locals lash a couple of rowing boats together using saplings. You then drive onto them and voila', Konstantin becomes the SAS Konstantin.

Here are some pictures to show you what I mean by a little risky.