Just a short blog for our time in Cape Maclear as we have had a very quiet time. For the main part we have had the camp-site pretty much to ourselves and the supposedly hassling beach boys have been fairly tame. For the first full day we were here, we shared the site with a nice Swiss and German couple, Dominik and Christina, who are travelling north in their old converted Swiss army vehicle.
Since then there has been one overland truck in with 5 people on board and a couple from Australia, Kim and Chris, who are on a short trip in a hire vehicle from South Africa. Despite the fact that 'Fat Monkeys' looks like it could be a bit of a party place the bar has been very quiet. If we could only stop the staff from raking the camp-ground at 6:30am it would be very peaceful!
Aside from a lot of reading, we have seen a beautiful sunset, shopped in the local village, bought some cards and bracelets and been once again to the street cinema.
The highlight however has been the arrival of our finished model bicycle. We hadn't expected to get it until we left Cape Maclear, but one of the guys who made it brought it to the camp-site for us. Considering what they had to go on, a tiny picture on our business card and a rough sketch, the result is terrific.
One more stop along the lake as we head south and we will be saying goodbye to any great expanses of water until we reach the Mozambique coast. With any luck a couple of days on the road will take us to Liwonde National Park where we plan to do a river safari. From then on it will be a few more weeks in Malawi and then off to the Portuguese speaking country of Mozambique; we better get some revision in!
Toad looks very happy. However I do hope that you warned him that he will no longer be allowed to lounge on the front of your bike, Debbie, but will be expected to cycle along behind!
ReplyDeletelove from Mum and Dad xx