Mayabhushan wrote: > Hemingway and his obsession with his Goan saviour’s hairy ears ------------------------------------------------
While I really like this story, I would also like to add a few observations. At Murchison Falls, the mighty Nile narrows to just 20 ft before plunging into the game park below. Had Hemingway crashed above Murchison Falls, he would have not been rescued by a launch, as boats would not have been able to reach him. The park area below the falls is so lush or dense with vegetation, that even when you stand on the roof of a Land Rover, you can miss an elephant that is standing 20ft away. If you get the chance to make one trip to Africa, this is the place you want to go. When the Nile floods there, the river gets carpeted with reeds/grass and you feel like you are witnessing slow moving islands of floating grass. The Nile then flows into Lake Albert, from were the steamer was dispatched to rescue Hemingway. Here is a picture of the port at Lake Albert, circa 1964. This picture was taken a few years after the rescue and is one that you will not find anywhere else. My dad drove us all in his VW Beetle to this port and we found ourselves cut off by floods. Notice that there are no ships/boats/vessels and the entire port is under 10 ft of water? Trees line what used to be the road to the port. The port was later abandoned. http://www.flickr.com/photos/45002663@N00/6826484131/in/photostream/ Lastly, here is the record holder of "the most amount of ear hair on a Goan". Yep, I have already sent him a pair of scissors for his next birthday. http://www.flickr.com/photos/45002663@N00/9352834047/lightbox/ Mervyn
