This past weekend Cameron, Miriam, Kate, Emily, and I went back to Nkhata Bay - the gorgeous lakeside village where I spent my first weekend in Malawi, 7 weeks ago! Since the roads getting there are pretty rough, and we were without a car - we decided to take the AXA Commuter Bus from Lilongwe. We should have known we were in for it when the ticket ladies laughed in our faces when we bought our tickets...
For the narration portion of the Nkhata Bay adventure, I'm going to refer you, good reader, to my lovely roommate (and MS2 classmate) Emily's blog, roemerinmalawi.blogspot.com. She wrote a great entry with lots of good pictures. I'll put a few more pictures of the weekend up here.
All I have to add is that we spent 56 hours on this trip...17 of them in some sort of vehicle. We all agreed that at home, we'd think it was absolutely crazy to drive 8 hours each way to get ANYWHERE for a weekend...but Nkhata Bay was worth it.
For the narration portion of the Nkhata Bay adventure, I'm going to refer you, good reader, to my lovely roommate (and MS2 classmate) Emily's blog, roemerinmalawi.blogspot.com. She wrote a great entry with lots of good pictures. I'll put a few more pictures of the weekend up here.
All I have to add is that we spent 56 hours on this trip...17 of them in some sort of vehicle. We all agreed that at home, we'd think it was absolutely crazy to drive 8 hours each way to get ANYWHERE for a weekend...but Nkhata Bay was worth it.
Neat quotes painted on the walls of the Mayoka Lodge restaurant
Mayoka Lodge
Acrobats performing a charity show Friday night.
Our afternoon boat ride included a stop at a secluded beach nearby, where these kids got a kick out of looking at pictures of themselves...and we got a kick out of taking them :)
This sweet girl inspired us to try and tie our chitenges like hers :)
5pm, hippie boatsmen singing, sun setting.
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