We are still travelling in southern
direction. We are halfway our journey to Madagascar. Welcome in Chad! A whole
new discovery for me because I actually don’t know anything about this country
except that it is located in Africa.
We took our plain at 8 AM. I sat next to an
inhabitant of Chad. He came back from Libya to visit his family. We chattered a
bit and I asked him some things about Chad, as this country is unknown for
me. He told me that Chad has a population of over 7 million people and there are
more than 100 languages spoken in Chad. The official language is French and
Arabic. I was thinking, hopefully they understand English!
In Chad there is not much of urbanization
as most of the people are still living as cultivators and pastoralists. They
live in hamlets, cattle camps, villages and oases but not in cities. He said
that their marriage is polygenic. And important to know, the capital of Chad is
Ndjamena.
That same day we could still discover a
part of Chad. Although Chad has a large part of desert landscape, we could
visit the Zakouma National Park in southern Chad. I loved it! In this park we
could see its elephant population and also buffalos, giraffes and antelopes. It
was the first time I’ve ever seen elephants in wild. So amazing! 
The next day we had an early breakfast
because we had to leave early, as we wanted to see the Lake of Chad. We took
the bus with other tourist. While driving we could see how dry this landscape
is, sand is everywhere. By the Lake there are different landscapes. In and around the lake, we could see a lot of species of birds,
other wildlife and crocodiles. The lake itself was full of fish, which is the main
food source of the local population. Because of that, it would have been stupid
to eat something else than fish for lunch! Njam!
Excited what the other days will bring!
-xoxo-
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