Mzuzu Hotel

Hello! I trust that you are all well<br>I have to start this blog with a big CONGRATULATIONS for my sister and Dan who are going to have a baby! Wow exciting times!! By the time I get back Helen will be big and I wont recognise her! Baby Wyrill will be born in May....happy days!<br><br>You find us in Malawi where the sun is hot and the people grin from ear to ear!<br><br>My time in Nairobi seems quite a while ago now, but I look back on it with affection. For me the city certainly didn't ...

... enough to catch some of them take to the waters for a refreshing bath - what a beautiful beautiful thing to see, those massive elephants swimming and playing about in the water!!<br><br>Next on the agenda was some hiking, especially since we have been spending so much time on busses in Mozambique that some exercise was certainly well needed! We were heading south, to the Mulanje Mountain Range, but en route was the Zomba Plateau, so we felt it would be rude to pass without ...

... some 300 kilometers today to another beach on Lake Malawi where we&#8217;ll stay for two nights. I think we&#8217;re pulling into our campsite. We&#8217;re heading down a very narrow dirt path and the cutest little kids, three-year olds by the looks of some, have come running up, waving both hands at the truck. I&#8217;m never going to get tired of it. It&#8217;s raining, the grey sky finally cutting out what has been threatening for a few days and I ...

... blue striped fish eating off the rock algae. We were the only ones at the island at this time so it was a lovely experience. Soon enough we paddled back to shore which was easier as the wind was with us. This has been a lovely place to stay and Wayne bought a canvas painting from a beach local with our trip countries sweetly painted in a cartoonish way, we will hang this lovingly at home.

Another long driving day incorporating the border crossing into Malawi and an hour or so in the capital Lilongwe. We were within an hour's drive of our campsite when we discovered the road was blocked due to a road accident that happened 24 hours earlier. Apparently someone from the local village had been killed and as it was being cleared a pickup arrived full of women in the back all singing ...

... a curio market outside of the camp site selling Malawi chairs and tables which closes at sunset (normally around 6pm) so everyone heads straight out there before doing anything. Most people are interested in buying but making the decision as to which ones to have prove difficult and we're there until it gets dark trying to choose which chairs and tables we want. The choice and quality is incredible, but I decide against buying anything as it&#8217;s an extra ...

... for only $10 a night each! It's an awesome place.<br> The afternoon is spent sorting out our bags and playing beach volleyball. We decide that tomorrow night we are going to have a pig on a spit, so tonight the pig is brought to the campsite for us to see. It's quite sad to see it alive, but as meat eaters, most of us felt we should go and see it. The guy will bring it back tomorrow morning for us to slaughter and cook.<br> We ...

Breakfast in Nkhata Bay<br><br> After my photo shoot I went to the reception desk to pay for my room, <br> but it turned out that the bearded German had already paid for it, and <br> would not have me pay him back! I tried once and then just said "Thank <br> you", which he really appreciated. This is somethingI learned on <br> a previous trip. If someone wants to help you as a traveller ...