We've arrived back in Inhamussua after our two week trip north through Mozambique and into Malawi. The trip was wonderful, and Malawi is quite possibly the most beautiful place on earth. We set out on our African "On the Road" adventure with the hope of trying to hitch as many rides as possible; and as soon as we realized how much more efficient and comfortable it is to travel by private cars (and swallowed any inkling of shame that we had left by looking especially desperate in the face of a car with air conditioning), we've now made it a personal rule to only take public transportation when absolutely necessary. Over the course of two weeks we traveled 3,156 kilometers in 30 different vehicles, 20 of which were hitches. We met some extremely interesting people along the way, and rode in anything from the back of vegetable trucks, to semis, to Rav4's. We spent two nights at a friend's house on the banks of the Zambezi River where you could hear hippos swimming at night, sea kayaked in Lake Malawi, climbed two mountains, and made it back to Tofo beach in time for a 4th of July party this weekend. I should also add that not only did we make it back, but we showed up with a live chicken personally chosen by Jonathan at the market and carried on the chappa, then slaughtered and grilled for the party….a little African influence for American independence day.
The first hitch
Lake Malawi
Mount Mulanje from the bottom
...and the top
What we found waiting for us at home
We have a few days here at site before we continue the journey south on Friday to head to Maputo for my flight home - four days later I'll actually land there. It's a good thing I've learned to be patient with travel times on this trip.
