Chilumba
I came to Chilumba, a small town in the north of the lake. The steam boat is supposed to be running from here. I went to the port and asked about the boat. There was but it runs only once a week and it was on Thursday, 4 days from when I arrived.
I was thinking how I should; give up steam boat or stay here for 4 days.


Chilumbaまで走って来た。ここから蒸気船がマラウイ湖南部まであるらしい。来て見たのは良いのだけれど、スケジュールを港で確認すると出港は毎週木曜日。今日から4日も待たないといけない。
どうしようかと迷いながらもとりあえずの宿を探すと何とも良い感じなキャンプ場を発見。Thunduzi Beach Camp.




I decided to stay here because I found a nice camp ground with beach in front.

ビーチが目の前だし静かなバーもあって冷たいビールが飲める。


It was really good location and price was reasonable. It will be a good resting stop.

これは結構快適に過ごせそうだという事で、出港までゆっくり待つことに決めた。



I believed I mentioned before that I used to have an aquarium at home and loved it. My aquarium was mainly for water plants, but I also liked fish.
I was loving to see the fish from all over the world at a aquarium shops or just reading a book of picture books.

ずっと前にも書いたのだけれど、私は日本にいる時はアクアリウムオタクだった。主に水草ばかりだったのだけれど、熱帯魚にもなかなか目がない。このマラウイ湖の魚も何度となく熱帯魚図鑑や熱帯魚屋で見ていた魚達。それが普通に目の前の湖で取れる、泳げばその魚が泳いでる。結構自分にとっては感動的だったりする。


Lake Tanganyika and Malawi were one of the famous place for endemic species. I've seen fish from this lake many many time at the shop or books. This is very exciting for me to visit this lake and seeing real fish swimming in the lake.

マラウイ湖、タンガニカ湖共にただの湖じゃない。ここでしか見られない魚達が沢山いる。普通熱帯魚が住む淡水は弱酸性なのだけれど、この湖は弱アルカリ性。普通の熱帯魚は生存できない。ここにいる魚達は淡水魚と海水魚の中間くらいで何億年という歳月をかけて独自の進化を遂げて来た魚達なんです。

This fish, I got from fisherman is called mouth breeder, a fish taking care of her young fish in her mouth until those got big enough. This can be seen only in lake Malawi.

今日漁師から5匹300円くらいで買ったこの魚は口の中で子供を育てるマウスブリーダー。大きめな熱帯魚屋なんかでは売られていたりする。それを食べてしまうなんて。



I cooked this fish with soy sauce. It was really tasty.

煮付けにして食べたらめちゃくちゃ美味しかった。



This lake supports many lives. People catch fish, wash, bath and do almost everything in this lake.

マラウイ湖はマラウイの人達の生活に無くてはならない湖。食べる魚が取れるのはもちろんの事、洗濯、風呂、全て湖で済ませる。



This lake is still very clear, and no much rubbish can be found on the beach. I was really impressed.

そのわりに水はビックリするくらい綺麗。浜辺にはゴミもほとんど落ちてない。
[2014/01/20 11:50 ] | Malawi | Comments:(0) | Trackbacks:(0) | page top↑
<<Days for waiting for Steamer, Chilumbaの蒸気船待ちの日々 | HOME | To Malawi, マラウイ入国まで>>
Comments:
Post a comment














Only the blog author may view the comment.

Trackbacks:
Trackbacks URL
→http://acyclist.blog.fc2.com/tb.php/407-e4420b10
Use trackback on this entry.
| HOME |