I dropped Marco in Katete at the “Tikondane Project”, stayed with him for one day and then we separated. I went back to Chipata, because the diff.-oil was still leaking. But the guys at the workshop repaired the leak again without any charge.
I crossed the border to Malawi which was astonishingly easy and took just 15 minutes. The capital, Lilongwe, is just a 45 minutes drive from the border and the travel-bible Lonely Planet said that I had to go to Mabuya Camp Backpackers. I met a group of four travelers there; they had finished their study period abroad and traveled through Africa, just as I did in Australia after high school. We said that we might meet again in Cape Mclear, a beautiful spot at Lake Malawi and so we did. We spend some funny two days with drinking games, riddles and other funny jokes there, before I drove them back to Salima, because they wanted to go up to Tansania and I had to be in Mozam. We got caught by the police and got a ticket for „overloading the vehicle“ and had to pay 15 US$, which we negotiated down to 8 Us$.
Thanks guys for a very good time at the lake. I hope, I will see “Wisdom” in January and the rest during the Orange Queensday on the 30th of April in Amsterdam? 😉
PS: You guys forgot the Lonely Planet “East Africa” in my car; where should I send it to?
Hi Jan,
merry X-Mas. Momentan wären wir hier froh, Dir ein wenig vom Schnee abzugeben, der derzeit Deutschland flächendeckend in strahlendes Weiß taucht. Wer im Moment mit der Bahn reist steht vermutlich vor ähnlichen abenteuerlichen Herausforderungen wie Du Sie in Afrika erlebst – nur eben durch Schnee und Eis und nicht Sand und Matsch. Es ist immer wieder schön, Deine spannenden Artikel zu lesen und so etwas an den Abenteuern teilhaben zu können.
Ich wünsch Dir uns Verena einen guten Rutsch ins neue Jahr…wo auch immer Ihr feiern werdet.
Liebe Grüße
André
Who let the Chicken? And of course,a man goes with a bucket of fruits… Thanks for the great time and your unbelievable good service. As a thank you, u can keep the Lonely Planet. Luckily, we found a new one on our way.
Wisdom is now replaced with Kriss-Dawg and Heyja Liv and we are now in Uganda. Hope u and Verena are having a good time in Mozam.
xxx