The photo was taken in 1990 we had driven south from the UK.
Where was I which country which river?
looks like it could be Africa somewhere, wild guess…
River Nile, Sudan ?
(knowing my luck its probably Oxfordshire 
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Red Funnel IOW? 
toowise:
looks like it could be Africa somewhere, wild guess…River Nile, Sudan ?
(knowing my luck its probably Oxfordshire
Africa yes, But not the Nile or Sudan.
Suedehead:
Red Funnel IOW?
No but I can see the likeness. 
I’ve shipped on cross channel ferries that weren’t much better than that. Opale Line anybody?
Lonewolf Yorks:
I’ve shipped on cross channel ferries that weren’t much better than that. Opale Line anybody?
I’ve been on some cross channel ferries like that normally a bit bigger but not much better. 
I got stuck on one once for a week after the tug that pulled us off a sand bank claimed salvage and they would not let us off until it was paid for. 
another wild guess …
Senegal
Fatick to Foundiougne road
toowise:
another wild guess …Senegal
Fatick to Foundiougne road
Not Senegal a fair way East of there.
South end of Lake Victoria in Tanzania. 
Trubrit:
South end of Lake Victoria in Tanzania.
No not Lake Victoria that is too far east.
A clue the country has changed it’s name since the photo was taken in 1990.
Trubrit:
South end of Lake Victoria in Tanzania.
I would say Malawi
Wheel Nut:
Trubrit:
South end of Lake Victoria in Tanzania.I would say Malawi
Not Malawi too far south.
Clue: The Foreign Office advise against all travel there at the moment.
s it zimbabwi?
If you squint a bit I guess it could be the Mersey
dafdave:
s it zimbabwi?
No still too far south. 
Lonewolf Yorks:
If you squint a bit I guess it could be the Mersey
No. But I can remember when the song “Ferry cross the Mersey” was in the charts.
Somewhere in Kenya, lokino or something
Dont know the crossing name but would take a guess at Mali, formerly French Sudan, possibly the River Niger
Wheel Nut:
Somewhere in Kenya, lokino or something
No not Kenya too far east.