when it rains, it pours...

The original motivation for the Libreville trip (other than to see the big city, of course) was to take a boat to Point Dennis, a peninsula accessible only by boat from Libreville. Our plan: spend Friday in Libreville, Friday night at the mission, take the boat Saturday morning, spend all of Saturday on the beach, camp on the beach saturday night (we brought tents along), and take the afternoon boat back to Libreville Sunday night, then catch a cab back to Lambarene late that night.

The beginning of the plan went well - Libreville was a blast, but I awoke at 3 am on Saturday to PUMMELING rain, which lasted until about 11 am. No boats to Point Dennis on Saturday, we were told. Not even in the afternoon! It didn't make sense to spend money on the boat tickets just for a roundtrip Sunday, so we headed back to Lambarene Saturday night and decided to try for another weekend...