Date: Sun, 23 Oct 2011 12:25:26 +0200 From: Russell Timm Subject: INTO AFRICA - PART 1 ------------------------------ INTO AFRICA -- 1986 by Russell Timm Copyright 2011 Russell Timm. All Rights Reserved. DISCLAIMER: THIS STORY IS FICTION AND THE CHARACTERS IN IT ARE FICTION. THE EVENTS AND SITUATIONS ARE FICTITIOUS AND INCLUDE DEPICTIONS OF CONSENSUAL GAY SEX. PART 1 -- HIPPO BAY The camping ground at Hippo Bay is located in a beautiful tropical lakeshore setting but is basic in its amenities and facilities but thankfully the prices were in a backpackers budget league. At eighteen going on nineteen I was taking a gap year tour, between high school and university, in East Africa. The cheaper parts of East Africa that is. When I could not hitch a lift I would travel on the local buses and pick-ups and stay in the cheapest of accommodation along the way. Despite this being what a middle class English boy with little cash must bear it was fast proving to be the best adventure of my life. I had been born in Zimbabwe, then called Rhodesia, and at age twelve our family had emigrated to the UK shortly after independence in 1980. For the first years on the comparatively cold wet island there was not a day that I did not miss Zim and the friends I had left behind. I just had to make the most of it. Having grown-up an in the closet gay through high school I was now free to be more myself where I had no social pressure to feign interest in the girl travellers I came into contact with and could follow my natural urges and flirt with the male travellers who I felt attracted to also with the odd local boy when the opportunity presented itself. I had achieved limited success over the three months of touring so far with two half hearted encounters with travellers which failed probably due to my inexperience and one half successful effort with a local boy who wanted to `trade' in exchange for sexual contact and money and clothes were not what I had plenty of. I had arrived at Hippo Bay on the back of a rickety local pick-up taxi with two girl travellers who it seemed were intent of fucking ever African along the way. For the local boys it was like manna from heaven and they gathered like bees to honey in the chance of getting lucky. I pitched my tent some distance from theirs as I was happy to observe the goings on without too many of the people hanging around having a chance to help themselves to my stuff. My tent position was also selected to be as close to being in full view of the camp office as possible in the hope that it would provide better security. Soon the boat touts and curio salesmen were hanging around the girls who were now in bikinis as enjoying playing to the gallery. Both the girls were borderline ugly and probably had never had such attention shown to them in their lives and probably never would again. I tried to busy myself in setting up my tent and snacking on the remains of a packet of biscuits I had bought the day before. The kid who approached my looked about sixteen or seventeen tops and probably realised that he would not stand a chance with the girls so he was free to try and sell me a boat trip to the local island with some snorkelling thrown in. On my own this was out of my league and I would only be able to afford it if a bunch of us shared the price but I was not about to go on such a trip with the girls who were the only other tourists in the camp. So I tried as best I could with his limited English to find out more about Hippo Bay and what I could do over the next few days. Joao told me there was the island which could only be reached by boat which had to be hired and there was the `rocks' nearby which tourists used to go to for sunbathing and swimming. And maybe sex too I thought. I liked the boy. He was just a little shorter than me and I am almost six foot and he was on the lean and skinny side. His features were soft and attractive and his voice gentle and his smile cute. I decided I would try my luck with him. Almost as if he were reading my mind he asked, `do you like girls, Charlie?' I replied with a soft `no' to which he responded by looking away across the water as he tried to interpret my response. `I like boys better' I bravely ventured. He nodded but kept looking away. I was trying to think what to say to keep his attention, scared I would lose him, and came up with `how much for you to take me swimming at the rocks?' He turned, and looking at me said `10 US dollar.' Shocked I blurted out `hey Joao I don't want sex I just want to go for a swim.' He burst out laughing. `OK, OK' he said, `no charge for me to show you where to swim but if you want more then we must trade OK?' `OK' I replied reflecting sadly that this boy was already so worldly wise from his exposure to the tourist trade and that I did not have the means to trade even if I wanted to. `We go now?' he asked. I nodded and I zipped my tent up, grabbed my beach towel and followed him down to the water's edge. It was my first chance to look out across the bay and out to the island across the clear water, it was beautiful. At anchor out in the bay lay a small cabin cruiser. Not as modern and luxurious like ones seen anchored at Monaco but still a surprise to see in the middle of nowhere on an African lake. I guessed it to be between 30 and 40 foot and it had a shaded flybridge there was what appeared to be an inflatable tethered alongside. `Whose boat is that?' I asked. `That is Captain's boat,' replied Joao. `Captain?' `Yes he lives there and moves up and down.' `Who is this Captain?' `He is our friend.' I was not making much progress so I left it there. There were once hippo and no doubt crocodiles in the river that ran into the lake at Hippo Bay. The camp site was on one side of the river and the rocks on the other. In the dry season it was easy to wade across the river which came to no more than calf height and this we did. The place called `the rocks' is where a small hill stood at the point where the river met the lake and was probably the result of centuries of natural erosion. Joao led me along and after a fair amount of rock hopping we reached a place where a flat rock sloped gently into the water and against which the mere ripples of waves lapped. Joao took off his T-shirt and threw it onto a tallish rock which I assumed was a local sign for `occupied'. I dropped my towel on the flat rock, kicked off my slops and walked down to the waters edge and dipped my toes in the water. The water was cool against the heat and I pulled off my T-shirt and dropped shorts and underpants and splashed out into the water. The water was wonderful and I wallowed enjoying ever minute of it. I looked for Joao and saw him seated on the rock watching but not as I had hoped making any attempt to join me in the water. Having had enough I splashed out of the water and onto the rock. Looking down I saw my cock reflected that the water was cool and was small. The pointy head was bared and there was some bunching of the shaft skin behind the head. Involuntarily I instinctively manipulated it before I realised Joao was watching and decided just to try to act naturally. I stood naked in front of him, picked up my beach towel and started to dry off. `You don't like to swim?' I asked. `Yes,' he replied, `but not everyday.' I really didn't know how to take the conversation further so I just put my towel down and sat on it enjoying the afternoon sun. `You want to go on the boat to the island tomorrow? Joao asked. `I don't know I will see tomorrow,' knowing that my only chance was if a bunch of others arrived tomorrow and wanted to share the costs. Then we heard an engine start up from the direction of the cruiser. `Come, Captains coming, we go now,' said Joao. Jumping up, retrieving his T-shirt he stood waiting for me to follow him. I got dressed and followed him over the rocks and back towards the camp site. When crossing the river I saw the approaching inflatable boat with three people onboard. On the centre console sat a bearded white man wearing a T-shirt, shorts and a floppy hat. The passengers were two young locals one sitting on the bow and the other sitting on the back. He ran the boat up onto the beach and the boy on the bow jumped off and pulled the boat further onto the beach and tie up against a palm tree. Captain jumped off and strode up the beach and into the bar and restaurant area while the two boys started to off load some crates of what looked like empty beer and mineral bottles. Joao made for the bar and I followed. He paused at entrance to the bar until Captain had finished talking to the barman and then approached and they shook hands. Captain's smile was broad, friendly and open and they maintained the handgrip. They spoke for a while then Captain cast an eye in my direction and I assumed Joao was giving him the rundown on me. He looked me up and down from head to toe carefully but not in a leering sort of way. Joao beckoned for me to join them. `Hi, they call me Captain' he said as he extended a hand. His eyes were gentle, his smile was sincere and his grip was firm. I mumbled a reply. `Good to meet you Charlie, you want a beer?' he replied. Without waiting for a reply he sent Joao to the bar for beers for us and a Coke for him giving the barman a thumbs-up to say it was OK. Captain was a few inches taller than me and lean and tanned and a receding hairline which was probably the reason for the bush hat and had a salt and pepper Hemingway type beard. A ruggedly handsome man of I guess close to forty and starting to show some wear and tear from a life in the outdoors. The beers arrived and Joao took a seat on the steps of the bar and Captain gestured for me to follow him to the bar. `Joao tells me you are alone here?' he asked. I nodded. `He also says you don't like girls.' I must have turned red with embarrassment. He didn't wait for an answer, `are you out yet?' I just shook my head. `No problem,' he continued, `if you want to come and play on the cruiser this old guy would really like that.' I just nodded my head. He continued, `you are a good looking guy, nice build, nice hands, nice feet and Joao tells me a nice little cut cock too so you will be very welcome on the cruiser.' You could have knocked me down with a feather. Captain gestured to Joao to join us. `Joao I have invited Charlie to join me on the cruiser. If he likes, you can come with him for company,' Captain told Joao. Joao looked at me, smiled and nodded. `OK now I must organise some things to take back. I'm leaving in about thirty minutes if you are coming get all you stuff down to the boat by then.' Then he looked and smiled at me, extended his hand and said in a low voice, `please say yes,' and turned and walked out of the bar and into the restaurant. `Why did you tell him about my cock.' I asked Joao. `We tell him everything,' was the reply. `What happens on the boat?' I asked. `We make nice sex.' `Nice like how?' `We all suck each other then you fuck me and Captain fuck you,' he replied, `don't worry Captain fuck slow and nice.' `He fuck you before?' `Yes, too much times, he fuck so nice.' My head was spinning. What was I getting myself into? Captain's boys were loading stuff onto the inflatable and he appeared back in the bar, `one for the road,' he called to the barman. Two of the boat touts had broken off from paying attention to the girl sluts to greet Captain. There were hand shakes and smiles all round and laughter some of it no doubt about the girls I thought. He bought the two boys a drink and they departed drink in hand probably back to the girls. Joao asked, `we go to cruiser?' I was silent, I was feeling a little overwhelmed. `I help you with your tent.' I thought fuck it yes I want a sex romp, I want to come out and why not right here and now, `OK lets go,' I said and Joao smiled and squeezed my arm. Joao and I were seated on the boat when Captain arrived and climbed in while the two boys made ready to push off. Captain lent over and called to me, `welcome aboard and let's make it a night to remember.' I nodded, Captain waved to the boys and they pushed off and jumped on board. Captain started the engine and the boat backed out into the deeper water ten made a sharp turn and set off towards the cruiser. It was by now twilight and sitting on one of the back corners I was able to study the man who was going to be the first one to fuck me. I was happy with everything even that he was probably twice my age. I looked across at Joao who was to be my first fuck. He picked up my stare and smiled. I felt a little apprehensive but not threatened. Maybe the two bears had something to do with it. I looked out across the water and marvelled at the beauty of the African sunset. Arriving at the cruiser we were met by a handsome local around mid twenties by the name Rashid to whom I was introduced. He gave me a knowing smile of welcome. Probably seen it all many times before I thought. Captain gestured for me to throw my stuff aboard which Rashid stowed and I then followed Captain on board leaving the crew and Joao to off load and make the boat fast. Captain led me into the cruiser which was larger than it looked and a little worn. `Lets catch a shower first then we can relax,' he said and I followed him down a few steps into a berth where there was a round bunk which I assumed was where we would spend the night. There was air conditioning and it was cool inside as opposed to the humid almost oppressive heat outside. The shower was really a single shower but I assumed we would be showering together. `Throw your clothes on the bed and jump in,' he said. We both stripped off and his nakedness revealed the lean tanned and somewhat wiry body with a very sleek and pretty cut cock. I wondered how big it would be when hard. I was naked and he looked me over, `man that's a nice cock you have there. Since when did you Brits start circumcising again? He asked. I replied, `I was born in Rhodesia.' He nodded and gestured for me to enter the shower where the water was running and it was cool and fresh. We bumped into each other a few times and were both soon hard. We were then in each others arms and kissing deep and hard, for me the first time with a man and naked in a shower really up close and personal. His cock was about seven inches and me just less than six. He rubbed and handled me and I shot quickly and with a body shudder I had never experienced before. `I hope there is more where that came from,' he whispered into my ear. A finger found my hole while the other hand drew my head down to his cock, `suck a little,' he said. I was bent down and as I sucked my first cock I felt his finger slowly work its way inside me. He knew what he was doing because there was no discomfort. `Stand-up and lean against the wall, legs apart,' he whispered. I did and he positioned behind me and slowly pulled my hips backwards and onto him. I felt his cock slide in, again with no pain or discomfort and it kept sliding in seemingly forever until he was fully in. `Turn your head and kiss,' he whispered. I did so. And while kissing he slowly started to move. With his right had on my hip he kept me pulled back and onto him while his left hand worked my now semi-erect cock and balls. `Move on me as fast as is good for you,' he whispered. I tried but it was awkward and we nearly lost our balance. `OK, just let me do the moving... just push back on me,' he sounded hoarse. His movements were slow, I was feeling dizzy, we kissed, his left hand squeezed and caressed my cock and balls and I felt like I was floating. I heard the low moan and felt him come into me. He pulled me back hard onto him and squeezed my cock hard. We stood and kissed and I felt his cock begin to relax and slowly withdraw itself. Captain turned me to face him and wrapped his arms around me and pulled my head onto his chest. We stood for a while and I let him make the moves. Then he whispered, `later we fuck again on the bed if it is comfortable for you, OK.' What could I say, I was his. He rinsed off his cock and my ass and we stepped out of the shower to find a naked Joao sitting the bed waiting for us. `How's your cock, Charlie?' Captain asked, `you ready to fuck?' `Yes I think so,' I stammered almost under my breath. Captain threw a towel on the bed and gestured me to lie on it. Joao crawled on one side and positioned his cock close to my face, he was rock hard. Similar to me in both length and girth his cock differed only with a rounded head. I reached out and felt it and rubbed my index finger over the head. My second cock. Captain was working on my cock and had it in his mouth. I could feel his tongue on my cock head and I took Joao into my mouth. I just sucked and sucked hard and hungry until I tasted what I thought was some pre-cum and Joao whispered, `don't bite.' Captain added, `watch your teeth or it feels like this,' and I felt him draw his teeth over my head. I understood. `Sorry,' I muttered. I felt Captain rub some oil onto my fully erect cock and he then applied oil to Joao's anus. `OK, get on Joao,' he said, and Joao dutifully squatted over me and positioned over my cock and slowly pressed down so I began to enter him. I felt my cock slip in and I arched upwards and further into him. `Fuck hard now,' Joao whispered, and I did with my arms trying to grab and hold him, I thrust upwards again and again. I don't think I lasted ten strokes before I came and I felt like crying out but don't think I made a sound. I lay back with my eyes closed and my mouth open. He relaxed on top of me and lent forward and kissed me. I responded and our tongues worked each other slowly. Captain stood up saying, `nice Charlie, now wash up and join us inside,' and walked out and back into the saloon. We lay for a while until my cock retracted out of him and we got into the shower and I did what Captain had done, I rinsed my cock and tried to wash Joao's ass. He laughed which I assumed was his way of saying that I did not really know how to do it. I did not mind I pulled hum to me and hugged him. In thirty minutes I had made up for years of dreams and fantasies. I was so happy I wanted to cry. I had my Hemmingway and my African boy. We got out of the shower and towelled each other down. `We go naked at night,' said Joao. I nodded and he took my hand and led me into the saloon. I don't know what I expected to see in the saloon but there was no orgy going on and there were Captain and the younger of the two crewmen, Matti, who were both naked. Matti was standing in the galley and seemed to be cooking while Captain was playing with the TV's remote while a naked Rashid seemed to by working the VCR. Matti turned as we entered and gave me the once over, he looked good from behind but I would have to wait to see what he had. A picture came onto the TV and Rashid turned and seeing me gave me a good look. I did with him too. He was slim and well defined with nice pecks and a stomach six-pack and a cock no bigger than mine but with a rounded head. Rashid smiled, `Captain said you had a great cock and he's always right,' and he reached out and gave my cock a gentle squeeze and I felt it twitch. I returned the favour and he pushed his hips towards me and laughed. `Matti,' called Captain, come and greet Charlie,' and Matti appeared at my side and his shoulder height fitting under my arms slipped his arm around my waste and I saw him look at my cock. He looked up and smiled, `hi Charlie.' Matti had a small cock at about three inch slack and was tightly cut and had the rounded head that seemed to be common arounf there. `Hi Matti,' I replied and gave his cock a gentle squeeze. `Watch it Charlie,' interjected Rashid, `Matti is only for Captain, no touch Ok?' I nodded and cast a quick glance towards Captain who pretended he had not noticed and was engrossed in the TV. Joao just stood next to me with a cute smile on his face. Captain turned towards us, `Ok Matti and Joao do the cooking, Charlie, Rashid come sit.' We all obeyed. Captain indicated that I should sit on his right and that left space for Rashid on my right on the bench seat. `Surprise, surprise, we are having fish and rice for supper,' announced Captain. `That's great thank you,' I replied acting the polite guest. `Rashid get some beers for us,' instructed Captain. The local beer was OK and here it was cold and the three of us sit looking towards the TV sipping our beers. `Where is the other guy?' I asked, suddenly realising someone was missing. `Oh Luka,' responded Captain, `he is cooking the fish outside.' Rashid got up and stuck his head out the door and spoke to someone outside in the dark. He came back in, `he is nearly finished,' he reported. `Captain I'm sorry I touched Matti, so please tell me who is who around here,' I asked in my best respectful voice. `That's easy,' responded captain, `Rashid has been my boy for years, he gives a great blowjob, probably the best around here.' Rashid burst into laughter. `Matti is my special boy and mine alone. Luka and Joao are local village boys and Luka is on board for some fun for a few days to earn some money for school fees for next term. So there it is and as simple as that.' At that Luka came in carrying a basin of fish he had grilled on the barbecue outside. He had shorts on and passed the basin to Matti turned and dropped his shorts and kicked them into the corner. Nobody seemed to notice but I did. Same slim tight body, not as well defined as Rashid but with a longish thin cock with a long rather than round head. Also cut. Everyone was cut. I saw him cast his eye at me and his gaze rested on my cock and then up and he made eye contact. Yes, I thought he would find them on the beach if they were that way inclined through eye contact. Luka placed two soft seats in front of us for footstools and slid in next to Captain giving him a kiss on the cheek on the way in. This guy was quite a player I thought and unsurprisingly he placed his right hand on Captains inner thigh and caressed slowly. I found my cock twitch. Rashid noticing my cock twitch took my cock in his hand and gently rubbed the head between thumb and forefinger. `Careful guys,' warned Captain, `its nearly supper time.' At that Rashid gave his little laugh, patted my thigh and withdrew his hand. I noticed he was half erect and I wanted hold his cock so bad but had to restrain myself even though by now I was getting hard myself. Supper came and was fried fish with rice and a tomato and onion relish. Captain and I washed the meal down with another beer while the others drank Cokes. There had been some action movie on the TV which I had barely noticed and had listened to the small talk between them. Rashid and Captain discussed the move the next day to a distant bay where they needed to refuel the cruiser which would take at least a two day round trip unless there was a reason to stay there longer or go elsewhere from there. Luka was told that he would be sleeping with Captain and I in the main stateroom and that he and Joao and me would be dropped off at the camp in the morning. I was interested that my sex life was being planned without my consent but was not too upset by that as I found Luka to be interesting proposition and really did not know whether Luka was to just be there or was to be a participant. It was fascinating to be part of Captains world. Also I did not know whether to be happy or not at the thought of being dropped off on the beach the next day. Did I feel that I would have been used or did I really have the right to expect more than the one night? Did I have the right to expect him to take me on the trip the next day? I decided that I would know how I felt in the morning after the night's events. With the plates cleared away, with the third beer in hand, a new movie on the TV and Matti and Joao sitting on cushions on the floor I felt Rashid's hand on my leg. I responded taking his cock in my hand. My third cock. I felt myself getting hard. `I suck you now,' Rashid whispered as took my cock in his mouth. I closed my eyes and drifted. It was ecstasy. Captain was right, Rashid could really give a great blow job not that I had any basis for comparison at that stage but I recognised good when I felt it. Rashid swallowed my orgasm and licked my cock clean. I sat back with my eyes closed wanting the feeling to go on forever. Why had it taken so long for me to find myself? I had found a little piece of paradise and I wanted to keep it for as long as possible and realised my Hemingway, the Captain was the key to my continued happiness. I was to learn that bedtime was not when it was time to sleep but rather when it was time for some action. So when Captain announced it was time for bed I was a little disappointed at first. We said our goodnights and Captain gave his last instructions and led us into the main stateroom. Already naked Captain took a piss then got on the bed in the middle with Luka and I on each side of him. The bedside light was on so I could see reasonably well as he took our cocks in each hand. Luka reached over and took his balls in his hand and fondled them. I reached for his cock. Captain's cock was almost twice as thick as mine and an inch or so longer. His was the first cock I had held, the first I had sucked and the first that had fucked me. I needed to record all this in my diary in some sort of private code. Luka's cock was not only long and thin but also bent like a banana and now hard curled up off his stomach. Captain noticed my looking and whispered, `suck him.' I took the thin curved dick in my mouth and tried to such it like Rashid had sucked me. I must have got an A for effort although I didn't bring him off. I was learning. Captain took over and brought him off finishing him off by hand when he started moaning with his cum landing on his chest. I was now on my side in the middle and Captain oiled us up and entered me as slowly and gently as the first time. Luka then backed onto me to form a daisy chain. Luka knew what to do and I was inside him in seconds. `Move on my cock and fuck at the same time,' Captain gently urged. I tried. Luka tried to move on my cock and kept pushing back to make sure I stayed inside. I could feel Captain's slow rhythm and took my movements from him. Luka did likewise. I probably lasted two or three minutes and then exploded into Luka. Captain followed my orgasm with strong thrusts and I felt him come deep into me. We lay together with my hand over and on Luka now soft cock. I felt Luka's longish thin cock and traced the shape of the head with my fingers. I felt myself pulling out of him and felt Captains cock doing the same. We fell asleep as we lay. A awoke to feel a hand on my cock. It was Captain. `I want to test your ass with my fingers, tell me if it feels tender,' he whispered to me. I could feel his lubed fingers on my anus and the gentle strokes to relax the muscle. I all went well until two fingers went in, I flinched. `It's sore,' I moaned. `OK come on this side,' he said indicating for me to climb over him, which I duly did. Then he and Luka locked together. After a while Luka rolled onto his stomach and Captain lubed up and entered him from behind. Luka arched backwards and upwards while Captain pounded him much harder than he had fucked me. `Over,' groaned Captain and Luka rolled onto his back and lifted his knees to his chest and bent slightly to the right so his right hand was in position to guide Captains cock into him. It was quick and practiced and Captain resumed his pounding. Luka hung on, Captain slipped out and Luka quickly put him back in again. They kissed, Captain fucked harder and harder, faster and faster and then exploded with loud groans and thrusts. That was some powerful fucking I had just witnessed. With my anal tenderness I was glad it was not me who had been pounded but then that was probably why Captain had checked first. But I thought so much for Captain `fucking slow and nice'. Luka got up and wet a cloth and brought it to clean Captain then cleaned himself and returned to bed. `Luka you are a great fuck,' I heard Captain whisper; `I need one more before you go tomorrow.' With that they seemed to fall asleep. I nestled up behind Captain and reached over and took his cock in my hand. Holding it still I let myself drift off to sleep. I woke as Captain climbed off the bed and made for the head. I heard the splash of his urine and got up as I also had the need. I waited behind him as he drained himself. Sensing my presence, `morning Charlie, you sleep well?' `A wonderful night thanks to you.' Having relieved himself he turned and I noted his half hard cock, the first cock to fuck me, and I wanted it. `Can we be together before you go?' I asked hopefully. `We'll see,' he replied, `I just need to get organised for the trip, but man that's nice hard little `morning glory' of yours looks so good I might just take you up on the offer.' He paused as he squeezed past me and kissed me softly on the mouth. `I'm starting to like you Charlie, I hope the feeling is mutual.' `I'm sorry you are leaving today.' `Just for a few days Charlie, and that will give you a chance to sample the local talent around here.' `That's a nice thought but I don't have the means to trade.' Captain had taken me in his arms and I pressed cut cock against him and looked up into his face. `Don't worry, Luka and Joao will look after you. You never know they may even introduce you to a nice big one to see if you are really an undiscovered size queen.' `I'm not a queen,' I fired back feeling the sting. `We shall see,' Captain chuckled. He released me an slipped past and into the saloon. As I peed I thought how much I wanted to become part of Captains little team. Was it him personally or was it the side benefits that seemed to be on offer. I did not know. Maybe over the next few days I would work it all out. Finished, I stepped next door into the shower but there was no water. Luka appeared at the door, `the power is off, Captain is servicing the engines. If you want, we can jump into the lake instead.' I nodded and followed him out through the saloon. He found his shorts where he had dropped them and pulled them on. `There are boats about we must cover up.' Pity I thought but went back into Captains stateroom to find my shorts. I found Luka outside and when I approached he jumped off the back into the water, I followed. Although still early it was already warm and the water was cool and refreshing. Rashid appeared with the call for breakfast and I followed Luka up the ladder and back onto the boat. Joao handed us each a plate with a mug of tea and an egg sandwich. We sat together outside on the bench seat. We finished and Luka took the cups and plates inside and on return, `come up on the flybridge.' I followed him up the ladder. Rashid was there and was fixing the canopy in place to provide shade. I took in the view of first the island then out onto the lake and then back at the Hippo Bay camp site. I could hear the soft thump of a small boat motor and picked up the little wooden boat heading in the direction of the island. Rashid handed me a pair of binoculars and I was able to make out the two girls and four boys on the boat. `They come out here for the snorkelling?' I asked. `They swim, they fuck, they catch fish, they eat fish, drink beer, then fuck some more, swim more then they go back,' he smiled. `And they pay for that?' `Of course, same if men come here for boys.' I was beginning to understand. Traditional rural Africa was being ruined by sex tourism and I was part of it. The village boys had converted themselves into a commodity and were making the most of it while it lasted. If you wanted it you could buy it. `Time to go,' said Rashid and he led the way down the ladder. `Luka,' Captain called and Luka disappeared inside, I supposed for the `one more before you go' that Captain had warned him about. I found my things and passed them to Joao in the inflatable. Rashid climbed and sat on the centre console. Matti stood by ready to cast off. We waited. Luka appeared and climbed on and whispered loud enough for all onboard to hear, `Captain is starting to fuck hard now days. He is pounding my backside like I'm a bitch.' Rashid bust out laughing, `maybe he is practicing for Charlie.' I smiled, not really knowing why. Captain appeared and took the rope from Matti who climbed on board. `See you all in a few days,' and he looked me in the eye and smiled. I felt a twinge up my spine. Captain cast us off and Matti gathered up the rope, Rashid started the motor and once we were clear of the cruiser he opened up and we headed for the beach. Captain waved and then turned and went back inside. The ten minute journey was over quickly and soon it was Luka, Joao and I waving to Rashid and Matti as they pulled away from the beach. End of PART 1