January 19, Day 6 - Kande Beach to Lilongwe - The next morning was beautiful, so sad we had to leave so soon, but it's a long bloody awful drive. The 'paved' part of the road is only big enough for one vehicle so if you have oncoming traffic, both vehicles have to move onto the shoulder. About half way to our destination, a woman in a new Toyota 4 Runner cut in too soon and caught her rear view mirror on a metal bar on the side of our truck. It crashed into he...

After arrival at Kande Beach, we will spend the next 2 days enjoying the Lake Malawi. In the morning, we will go on a guided village walk in order to meet the local people and learn more about Malawian life. We drove through Mzuzi, which is fairly large, and we were all dropped off at an internet café. I found a bank and thank God the Royal bank VISA worked - the debit didn't but not because of the bank. One hour turned out to be three because they needed a n...

Leaving Tanzania we descend through scenic mountain passes to our lakeshore camp at Chitimba. Set on a golden sandy beach amongst banana palms and papaya trees, our accommodation for the night is surrounded by the famous Livingstonia and Nyika mountains. Left at 5:30am as it will be a very long day - 13 hours. We drive through the mountains and the 'bread basket' of Tanzania. Green, lush and prosperous - they grow potatoes, beans, cabbage, corn, bananas, pin...