Four days later, Tom, Belinda and the children drove to Kipili and met with the same fate. This time Dave’s winch worked perfectly and pulled out both Tom and Belinda’s vehicle as well as the canter truck for Lupita island that was on its way to Sumbawanga to buy provsions.

Still the rain came down. Each day we would send a team of guys out to the road to rebuild the bridge that was constantly washed away or fill the ever growing holes in the road with large stones.