I am soooo bored of driving.

Africa is massive... fact. The roads are shocking and the police like to stop you every 5 minutes, not because there's anything wrong, but because they're bored and like chatting.

We spend 3 days in a row driving this week. Day one was fine I was terribly behind on my journal and hadn't listened to my ipod for a while. Day 2 was boring as hell, the book I was reading at the time was going through a really slow patch. By Day 3 I was looking for sharp objects. We stopped each day in the early evening pitched our tents in a clearing, made dinner, had a camp fire, went to bed, got up just after Sunrise, packed back up the tents and got back in the road.

Bush Camp

Fire Making at Bush Camp

The only saving Grace for day three was that we crossed into Malawi. Malawi is lovely, incredible poor but so friendly, reminds me a bit of Rwanda in that respect. Tanzania had felt a bit hostile so it was nice to be greeted by a zillion excitable kids, plus parents, plus grandparents where ever we went.

written by

lizziecarver on November 23, 2010 from Mzuzu, Malawi

from the travel blog: Backpacking... it's not as fun as Insurance

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