Going to Malawi

I slept so good in that thing we found, surrounded with only fresh air.

We started our journey before sunrise, and depending on the border control we may reach our destination after sun set. We were of course hoping for the best!

We only stopped for bush toilets for the passengers or diesel fill up for Morrison. We even had lunch in the truck while driving.

As we reached the border, the check out on the Tanzanian side was pretty smooth and easy. We just for some reason had to fill in entry forms - on our way out! Anyway.

We drove the 500 meters across no-mans-land to the Malawian border. This took a bit longer. We hade to fill in two forms, pay the money for our visas, hand in the passports and just wait.

It took us approx 1h30min, so it wasn't too bad.

I was the last one to get my passport back with a stamped visa, I was officially in Malawi, a big highlight for me on this trip.

As soon as we crossed the border the scenery changed. It was so different to Tanzania. Even though a lot of the houses are more primitive it all looks much nicer and "cleaner" in a way. That doesn't mean clear and clean from rubbish, because that is not the case at all, it is very dirty that way. No another feeling of clean, as for mor organised and structured when it comes to how the houses and the land is organised.

Also the vegetation is different. We came from rolling green hills and now it is flat and yellowish. Very pretty.

Our first home in the new country is right on the beach of Lake Malawi. Me and my roomie try to find out if it is possible to sleep outside, but they don't recommend it. However, someone mentions upgrade and cheap in the same sentence. That being heard we check it out and yip, for a few dollars we have our on en suite room. Only one bed and one sheet, but we are both ok with that, so we are happily moving in.

In the middle of the night we got to be very happy and thankful for our decision, a huge thunderstorm was right over us. The rain was heavy, and boy was I lucky I took the upgrade.

Three tents got really wet, one even flooded. Three people ended up sleeping in the bar.

When we got up in the early morning the sun was up and it was difficult to find tracks of the rain except for the wet people and tents. 

Our journey continued down south, we climbed up the mountain roads. The scenery changed again to fresh greens and the views were amazing. Every now and then we got a glimpse of the lake.

We stopped at a small craft market where I bought some small things, mainly to support the locals with a few bucks.

The resort we arrived to was lovely. Of course me and my roomie decided to upgrade to accommodated. We had to pay quite a bit more here than last night, however we got loads more for our money too... 

I think I have given up camping now. Let's see if it works out as well for the rest of the trip.