OK, not really. Today Kate, Miriam, Chris, Emily and I took a day-trip to Livingstonia Beach, on the lake about an hour and a half away. The beach is actually owned by the Sunbird Livingstonia Hotel - Sunbird is the (only) chain of fancy hotels in Malawi. But they let other folks come to the beach, sit under their little cabanas, and enjoy the lake!
They even have a cool band that sets up and plays Malawian music. It was really lovely...check out the nifty upright bass/drum...it has a drum head, with the strings attached, and the bassist hits the strings with a drumstick and alters the pitch with his left hand on the neck. And the guy on the drum set...is also playing bottlecaps strung along a coathanger...people here are very resourceful.
fisherman a little ways off shore.
Emily and Chris and I climbed some rocks a ways away...and then some missionaries from missouri showed up, and took our picture :)
Its so nice to have this gorgeous lake - really more like an un-salty ocean, because it has sand and waves and shells - so close-by. But its also really striking to go from the grim atmosphere of Kamuzu Central Hospital one day, to a place like this the next, frequented by ex-pats, vacationers, and wealthy Malawians. There's really no "in the middle" in Malawi.
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absolutely beautiful Megan...you win
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