The marshlands of Lake Chad
From Douguia we took tracks to the north-east to find our way to Massakori, from where we could take another road back to N'Djamena the next day.Reaching the shores of Lake Chad, the tracks ended in the marshlands of the lake. So we had to turn and try another track, more eastwards. On our way back we had a problem in the village, we passed before. We arrived at a central dusty place, after passing some narrow alleyways between the huts, accompanied by many shouting kids. At this place many tracks were leading in different directions. Before we could make our choice or ask around, a man stopped our truck and told us, that we turned up in a military camp and were not supposed to be there. It didn't look like a military camp at all. After he chased the kids away from our truck, he brought our driver to his chief. Here she had to talk with a dozen of men in white dresses for nearly one...
