Merry Christmas

On 24 Dec 2003 14:12:49 GMT, irate (Dave LaCourse)
wrote:


To all of my crackpot friends, Merry Christmas and Happy Hanukkah.

Dave (i know, i know, maudlin)


Yes, it was. I loved it. Nice story.
--

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Often taunted by trout.
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On 24 Dec 2003 14:12:49 GMT, irate (Dave LaCourse) wrote:

An elderly Chinese woman had two large pots, each hung
on the ends of a pole which she carried across her
neck. One of the pots had a crack in
it while the other pot was perfect and always
delivered a full portion of water.



To all of my crackpot friends, Merry Christmas and Happy Hanukkah.

Dave (i know, i know, maudlin)




Nice story. Although people who talk to their utensils have probably been
doing a little crack and or pot themselves.

Merry Christmas.

g.c.

"Dave LaCourse" wrote in message
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To all of my crackpot friends, Merry Christmas and Happy Hanukkah.

Dave (i know, i know, maudlin)

Yup. And I agree totally.

(maudlin mode on)
Don't know what I'd do without you guys. Sometimes, I feel right in the lap
of paradise and adventure, and other times I feel like I'm on the wrong end
of the edge of the world. I really appreciate having you all to hang out
with, for good and for bad. I really hope you are all enjoying your holiday
season with loved ones and friends, and that you don't break all your new
toys before New Years Day! Stay healthy!
(maudlin mode off)

Tomorrow, at 6 AM, I'm off on HewaBora Airways (makes Aeroflot look like
KLM) to the far NE of Congo, to Goma where the war is, where there's a
volcano waiting to be climbed, some jungle villages to be visited, and where
I get to spend a week seeing what is rumored to be the prettiest part of
Africa. Look for the TR, especially if I get to fish Lake Kivu.

--riverman

Riverman writes:

Tomorrow, at 6 AM, I'm off on HewaBora Airways (makes Aeroflot look like
KLM) to the far NE of Congo, to Goma where the war is, where there's a
volcano waiting to be climbed, some jungle villages to be visited, and where
I get to spend a week seeing what is rumored to be the prettiest part of
Africa. Look for the TR, especially if I get to fish Lake Kivu.


Please be careful. Looking forward to your next read.

"Dave LaCourse" wrote in message
...
Riverman writes:

Tomorrow, at 6 AM, I'm off on HewaBora Airways (makes Aeroflot look like
KLM) to the far NE of Congo, to Goma where the war is, where there's a
volcano waiting to be climbed, some jungle villages to be visited, and
where
I get to spend a week seeing what is rumored to be the prettiest part of
Africa. Look for the TR, especially if I get to fish Lake Kivu.


Please be careful. Looking forward to your next read.


No worries, Dave, but thank you for the concern. In reality, I'm sexing this
up a bit. We're actually being met at the airport by the British Consul and
her husband, the Senator to the Congolese government from the eastern
region, and being shuttled by VIP carriage to their guest house on the shore
of Lake Kivu. They have arranged for me to accompany a medical team from a
Missionary group into the jungle to see how their med facilities are set up
(assuming there is no unrest, which there hasn't been for weeks), and the
hike up and overnight on the volcano are somewhat standard tourist fare
between eruptions (the most recent of which was 2 years ago, and made the
news). I suspect that this will be 90% relaxation, and 10% trying to make it
sound risky. :-)

--riverman

riverman writes:

snip

I suspect that this will be 90% relaxation, and 10% trying to make it
sound risky. :-)

Still, be careful.

riverman wrote:

Tomorrow, at 6 AM, I'm off on HewaBora Airways (makes Aeroflot look like
KLM) to the far NE of Congo, to Goma where the war is, where there's a
volcano waiting to be climbed, some jungle villages to be visited, and where
I get to spend a week seeing what is rumored to be the prettiest part of
Africa. Look for the TR, especially if I get to fish Lake Kivu.

Well, now you're talking. Only fish in Lake Kivu, though, are real
small (2-3") fretins that local folks catch with nets from pirogues.
Not worth fishing for with a rod. The lake bed gives off methane so the
lake can't support much life at all. Very very nice lake to swim in,
however (no crocs, no bilharzia), and the pineapples from Idjwi island
are the best in the world).

Fishing is good in Lake Tanganyika, but you'd have to go down to Uvira,
and the the Bukavu-Uvira road is not the safest even in the best of
times.

North of Goma, there is excellent fishing in Lake Edward (ex-Lake Idi
Amin) and you'd get to go through one of the last true undeveloped game
park experiences left in Africa (in Virunga NP). I think the prettiest
part of Kivu is that stretch between Rutshuru and Butembo (the first
place I lived in Zaire was a village on that road), but it would
definitely take reliable 4wd transport and maybe more time than you
have. If you need to stay right near Goma and are going to be exploring
the area around Nyiragongo, I've heard there are fish in the Mokoko
Lakes, but these too require good 4wd to get to.

Would be a great shame to make it all the way out to Kivu and not check
into the possibility of seeing the mountain gorillas, either in
Kahuzi-Biega (just off the Goma-Bukavu road), or (if you have a visa)
across the Rwandan border in Birunga, just north of Ruhengeri. An
experience you would never, never, never forget.

If you do happen to make it to Bukavu, look up my friend Mike Satin with
Food for the Hungry. Real good guy. Have fun.

JR

riverman wrote:


Tomorrow, at 6 AM, I'm off on HewaBora Airways (makes Aeroflot look like
KLM) to the far NE of Congo, to Goma where the war is, where there's a
volcano waiting to be climbed, some jungle villages to be visited, and where
I get to spend a week seeing what is rumored to be the prettiest part of
Africa. Look for the TR, especially if I get to fish Lake Kivu.


Take some pictures and post a report whether or not you get into any
fish. (Not sure even I'd spend much time fishing in a place like that!)

Willi