So we decided to move on a bit to the lower parts of Lake Malawi, heading for a site suggested by the guys we met on the border, Kande beach. We did leave it a bit late in the day to travel due to the excessive amounts of calls I had to make to try and organise a new shock. Due to this, we actually only made it to Mzuzu, about 100km short of Kande. A very modern town compared to the rest of Malawi, not that Malawi is bad at all. We quickly filled our tanks, as fuel is a bit scarce this side of the border, and headed for a few lodges for place to pitch our tent. Problem with a country where its difficult to find things is that everything suddenly becomes very expensive, but a few lodges later, and a bit of negotiation, we were soon settling in for the night.
This morning we quickly pushed on and reached Kande beach in no time, passing a casualty of one of the biggest problems in Africa, poor driving, in this case it was a truck trying to avoid colliding with a Tanzanian bus, Damn bus drivers....i can't count how many times we had to give way to oncoming vehicles on the road.
Back to the campsite, truly Delilah's dream and nightmare in one, a tropical paradise but with a 3km sandy road leading to it. Nice!!! I think we will stay for a few days and maybe even get in a few dives or a bit of snorkelling.....
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| Kande Beach's bar |
We did eventually end up staying at Kande for a little while and met some really great people there as well including a couple from Belgium, Chris and Ineke and her 2 kids, who are travelling in southern Africa for 6 months, brilliant. Well as you can see by the pictures below, we did explore the beach a bit as well as the island pictured below. Again a very recommended place to stay. We also noticed some dark clouds over the lake which turned out to be swarms of millions of little flies that come to the land, to the locals delight, as they catch and eat them. Some people like caviar or frogs legs and others like flies i guess. Africa baby!!!
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| A pig on the spit, yes please.........sorely i did not get any |
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| Our little pride and joy |
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| We hired a canoe to explore the waters round this island, spectacular |
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| Kande Beach itself |
This morning we quickly pushed on and reached Kande beach in no time, passing a casualty of one of the biggest problems in Africa, poor driving, in this case it was a truck trying to avoid colliding with a Tanzanian bus, Damn bus drivers....i can't count how many times we had to give way to oncoming vehicles on the road.
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