It happened. The freezer arrived. Yes, I was in shock too. Just lots of extra money and time spent. So, we're one step closer to GnT with ice – oh luxury!! So we left Malawi with just hours to spare before our 30-day visas expired. Not before discovering Mark and Mia at Sanguilo Sanctuary, a beautiful secluded cove on the northern side of lake Malawi. I wish we'd had some time to stay there.
Malawian are gentle. Tanzanian are also peaceful but everyone you see has a hoe in hand and there seems to be more boldness. And Tanzanians always greet us in Swahili, inspiring some language learning on our part! Several days into Tanzania, it was with heart in mouth that we heard the grating of our heavy trailer dragging on the ground behind the car. We found that the tow hitch and bumper had ripped off. The roads were atrocious even though we'd only been doing 20km/hr. Out of nowhere appeared around 20 men. One lorry driver was particularly helpful through his limited English and fixed us up with his welder friend in the next village (1hr away) and was generally optimistic and lovely. So the boys and I stayed with the trailer. After several hours an old man came by asking us if we were hungry. I agreed a price and off he went only to return 10min later with a chicken under his arm, a live chicken! Maybe Mcdonalds has its place after all! Fortunately at that time, Mike and Lynn came by and rescued us, hitched us up, took us to Ajay and generously invited us back to their 3,500ft high ranch (read: cold) along with their other 20 guests. So a day later we followed, meeting up with 4 lovely American missionary families where we've stayed for a few nights. How did we end up meeting such a good bunch of people?! These guys are cool – they have a real practical input into the community - introducing trade such as bee keeping, sunflowers, supporting exiting small businesses. Lynn saves premature babies and then returns them to the orphanage. The boys have loved the time here. Yesterday we watched Superbowl all morning, played volleyball etc under the pine trees, the boys went hunting, we mums went for a walk – Ajay and I earned our keep by cooking curries for a few evening meals. Today – it's back to reality and for our part we embark on the next part of our journey. Another sad goodbye. We head north along Lake Tangikya. I'm somewhat apprehensive. The roads there are more remote than anywhere we've hit and it's get rainy. We know the route is passable as we met people who've recently done it. But I hear the villages are deserted. So next stop will be Rwanda. Oh - Ewan MacGreggor from Long Way Down stopped both at Sanguilo and here. And I thought we were exploring new ground. Evidently not!
Keep in touch lovely people. xxx
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