It is a long time (at least in miles) since I was last on this site! I am writing retrospectively since we haven't had access to the internet for some time, we are now actually in Rundu in Namibia having hotfooted it hear today. We left the rundown backpackers site (Mubuya), not recommended, very early in the morning and headed off towards Lusaka. Malawi is a vey beautiful country with a lot of poverty but very neat and organised people. Everyone smiles and, the poverty, illness and not to mention rain the lifestyle looks idylic!! Sitting in your dugout canoe floating out on the lake or relaxing under a fruiting mango tree, nice.... However, I would also aprreciate access to a proper loo, shower and clean water when I needed it. Leaving Malawi was relatively straight
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