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Day 21. Fri 11th October Mzuzu - Chikangawa

Andy and I are up very early and take a walk down to the lake, where the fishermen are coming ashore with the night's catch, and their wives and kids assess the catch. After all the rough tre...

Day 20. Thu 10th October Mbaya to Karonga

A lie in at last, until 08:00. Today we cross the border into Malawi and then drive to Karonga on the tip of Lake Malawi, a total drive of about 150Km. On the way to the border we stop at a tea pla...

Day 30. Sun 16th May Mwabvi, second trip, day 3.

There is another trip into the park planned for today, but with less walking!. However this is delayed as the builders need more cement, and Lester's two wives (two wives!!) need a ...

Day 29. Sat 15th May Mwabvi, second trip, day 2.

Today Lester takes me for a walk around the south-eastern end of the park. Auxies drops me off at the gate house just after six and asks Lester when we will be back. Lester says about 1. I assume h...

Day 28. Fri 14th May Mwabvi, second trip, day 1.

I have an appointment at SuCoMa (Sugar Company of Malawi) in Nchalo at nine. This is part of the Illovo sugar company, a huge multinational based in South Africa. Unfortunately we have just missed ...