access the internet. With that one exception, Malawi was wonderful. It
is a beautiful country. Elena says it is called the heart of Africa
because of the kindness of the people. I found that sentiment to be
true.
We spent most of our week here on Lake Malawi at two different lodges.
At Njaya Lodge we were adopted by a dog named Tia. She slept outside
our chalet every night and followed us everywhere. (we are stumped as
to how we earned such devotion. She was way too stinky to touch.)
While sitting on the beach she would growl at undesirables if they got
too close. She did nothing though when another dog snuck up behind me
and peed on my back!!! That was a shock. Elena sat on the beach
laughing as I ran into the water to clean myself off. She has a
picture of the bad bad doggy. While at Njaya we also walked up many
many hills to meet a witch doctor and took a sunset snorkel.
We drove south to Ngala Bay after three days and found an even
lovelier lodge. Our days there were spent mostly reading on the beach.
To get cash we drove a few towns away to a bank in the middle of sugar
cane fields and next to a sugar factory. I drove home on the left hand
side for the first time!!! It was scary at first (Elena promised to
let me know if I was about to hit anyone) but I did pretty well, I
think.
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