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| Sinead with one of her many faces |
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| Abnormal Loads |
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| It will take a lot of this to kill me |
We were all awake early watching the sun rise over Lake Malawi , which immediately puts one in a good frame
of mind. Lake Malawi follows the contours of the Great Rift Valley for 585kms
and is up to 100kms wide in parts and represents 15% of Malawi surface
area. We were told that they have found oil in the lake and a British company
has the rights, suddenly Tanzania
is very interested in their portion of the lake, hopefully both countries will
enjoy the fruits of such a discovery, but we know what happens when oil is
found.
Our journey today went from lake level at around 500m above
sea level to over 1280m at Mzuzu a very picturesque road, we seem to make a
habit of wanting to change currency on a pay day so we had a fairly long wait
at the bank, we would not have needed Malawi Kwacha if not for the price of
petrol which stands at +/- R22 per litre, so I guess we should stop moaning
about fuel prices in RSA.
We travel through Rubber plantations, tea and coffee a lot
of it with small growers and it is very green here.
We arrive at Ngala Beach at 02h30pm to be greeted by the
owners Sandy and Chris 3 dogs and 2 cats so Sinead is in woo, woo heaven.
Denise and I stayed here in 2011 and we followed Sandy
and Chris’s trip from Cape to Cairo
in a 1962 Volvo sedan with several other classic/antique car enthusiasts and it
is very nice to catch up with them and their experiences that were not told on
their blog.
We have a relaxing afternoon and a wonderful 3 course
dinner, their oxtail was divine. Tomorrow we hope to find out the situation in
Mozambique, Chris thinks they are running convoys, but we will see what the art
of the possible is and perhaps come through the Zimbabwe, Mutare border post,
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