Dive Log: Sunday, 1 March - Diving Lake Malawi Unbelievable - clear water, mostly clear sky, sunny - a perfect day for diving! Rains had been soft, so no ugly brown runoff either. More unbelievable is that we had actually booked to dive (a real act of faith in the 'rainy' season). We met Jonnie at Aqua Africa, the dive master and instructor, who had more good news. We could do the Lake Dive as part of our adventure diving ticket, since the lake is at 'altitude...

Day 28, 26 February: Chipata to Nkhata Bay We had not lost any fuel, so left quite early to get to Nkhata Bay on Lake Malawi. Another place that Michelle & I had visited in earlier backpacking days, so were keen to stop in again. No more than 100 km out of Lilongwe, I noticed the fuel guage dipping rapidly. Suspecting the worst (the leak), we stopped quickly and it was confirmed. A short round of curses and we carried on, trying to get fuel stations out of...