Jessica:
We left Nkata bay in the hope to get a little further down the road before dark. Another South African overlander told us about Kande beach resort that is popular with overlanders. We saw the sign for the resort and turned off the main road onto a sandy path. It was already dark when we arrived so it took us a few minutes to find the reception. We origenally were planning to camp but it was already dark and the wind was blowing with everything it had across Lake Malawi. A smiling, jovial Malawian woman showed us to our room. It was a hut on the shore of Lake Malawi, but with the strong wind and all the waves it made, it sounded like we were at the ocean. We had dinner in their restaurant, slept fitfully due to the sound of the waves and woke early. We were back on the lonely Malawi roads by 6:10am.
We got to Cape MacClear at around 1:30 in the afternoon. It is supposed to be a super hip place like Marrekesh or Timbuktu. We have never been to either of those places so we can't make a comparison, but we weren't overly impressed. It is destination in the middle of a local village. We walked the length of the beach and were serenaded by a local band of 10 year old boys with improvised instrumentas and then stumbled across the inauguration of the new area chief.
We finally camped for the first time on the trip. We even made some freez dried honey-soy chicken for supper. It wasn't bad. The best part about it was that it took just 10 minutes to prepare, boiling water in a kettle and dumping it into the package it came in and resealing the bag. Presto! Eatable hot food and very little washing up. Now that I think about it you could just eat it right out of the bag if you were without dishes.We went to bed early but between the nearby disco and the waves there was not much sleep to be had. The next day brought some changes in travel plans and our grand adventure to Mumbo Island.
While at Mushroom Farm we heard the first rumors that there might be security issues in Mozambique again. It got confirmed by the South African scuba instructor at Thumbi. There were problems on a specific stretch of road that we had to travel on to get to Maputo. The rebels were shooting at the convoys, apparently aiming for the army vehicles, but with an army vehicle in front off and behind you, who knows who will get hit. I'm all for taking risks but this one was a little too much for me. Jessica's adventurous spirit was all for still going through Mozambique, but I am not so sure her parents would have appreciated it if I knowingly took their daughter through a shootout between oposing forces. And isn't these something about protection in the wedding vowes that I will have to repeat sowhere in the future? I called and cancelled all the Mozambique reservations and we started planning our alternative route. We could drive down to South Africa in about 2 days, but Jessica insisted on at least sleeping in both Mozambique (the safe northern part) and Zimbabwe. We will aim for Tete in Mozambique and for Harare in Zimbabwe. The advendure will continue. With no plans made other than the route we will travel on, we will have to find a camping spot wherever we get to.
We left Nkata bay in the hope to get a little further down the road before dark. Another South African overlander told us about Kande beach resort that is popular with overlanders. We saw the sign for the resort and turned off the main road onto a sandy path. It was already dark when we arrived so it took us a few minutes to find the reception. We origenally were planning to camp but it was already dark and the wind was blowing with everything it had across Lake Malawi. A smiling, jovial Malawian woman showed us to our room. It was a hut on the shore of Lake Malawi, but with the strong wind and all the waves it made, it sounded like we were at the ocean. We had dinner in their restaurant, slept fitfully due to the sound of the waves and woke early. We were back on the lonely Malawi roads by 6:10am.
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| Kande Beach Resort |
We got to Cape MacClear at around 1:30 in the afternoon. It is supposed to be a super hip place like Marrekesh or Timbuktu. We have never been to either of those places so we can't make a comparison, but we weren't overly impressed. It is destination in the middle of a local village. We walked the length of the beach and were serenaded by a local band of 10 year old boys with improvised instrumentas and then stumbled across the inauguration of the new area chief.
We finally camped for the first time on the trip. We even made some freez dried honey-soy chicken for supper. It wasn't bad. The best part about it was that it took just 10 minutes to prepare, boiling water in a kettle and dumping it into the package it came in and resealing the bag. Presto! Eatable hot food and very little washing up. Now that I think about it you could just eat it right out of the bag if you were without dishes.We went to bed early but between the nearby disco and the waves there was not much sleep to be had. The next day brought some changes in travel plans and our grand adventure to Mumbo Island.
While at Mushroom Farm we heard the first rumors that there might be security issues in Mozambique again. It got confirmed by the South African scuba instructor at Thumbi. There were problems on a specific stretch of road that we had to travel on to get to Maputo. The rebels were shooting at the convoys, apparently aiming for the army vehicles, but with an army vehicle in front off and behind you, who knows who will get hit. I'm all for taking risks but this one was a little too much for me. Jessica's adventurous spirit was all for still going through Mozambique, but I am not so sure her parents would have appreciated it if I knowingly took their daughter through a shootout between oposing forces. And isn't these something about protection in the wedding vowes that I will have to repeat sowhere in the future? I called and cancelled all the Mozambique reservations and we started planning our alternative route. We could drive down to South Africa in about 2 days, but Jessica insisted on at least sleeping in both Mozambique (the safe northern part) and Zimbabwe. We will aim for Tete in Mozambique and for Harare in Zimbabwe. The advendure will continue. With no plans made other than the route we will travel on, we will have to find a camping spot wherever we get to.
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