2 nights in the capital city which I was ready for a bit more civilization after sitting on the beach for the last 3 days. Yesterday was an interesting drive day which included a near miss, visit to the police and a fine of 5000 kwacha (15 USD). How you ask? Well we were happily driving along today, I happened to be stretched out on the seats dozing when suddenly those that were awake went 'ohhhh' and 'looks like he is ok', 'don't think we hit him', 'wow that...

Well today is a very slow hung-over day. We had a party at the campsite yesterday with about 4 other trucks and other assorted travellers. We stopped in Muzuzu on our way and bought clothes for each other in the theme of bad taste. I had a lovely red velvet dress which was made perfectly for about a 10 year old! Thankfully it was a little stretchy and I managed to squeeze in. Once we swapped costumes about 5pm yesterday we then all set about styling. For m...

Well this is the first time in years that I have not had a phone or any immediate way of making contact with the outside world on New Years. It feels a little isolated and I just hope that my friends and family all around the world are seeing 2013 in with style. I went kayaking this morning with Mike to an island just in front of our campsite, we tied up our kayaks and jumped in to snorkel around the island for about an hour. We also climbed onto the rocky isl...