Apologies it’s been such a long time since my last post. I’ve
spent the last month travelling, first with Ron around the north of Malawi and
then with my parents and sister in Zambia and the south of Malawi.
Ron's Visit
We spent a great two weeks touring around the north of Malawi,
visiting several new places as well as showing off some others I’d been before.
The trip did turn into something of a Top Gear special at times as we had the
car battery fail on us at the start of the trip and then later on had a shock
absorber fall off which we had to have hastily wielded back on by a local
garage (only in Africa :-))
It was a great mix of Malawian safari and beach, camping and
lodges. It was wonderful to see Ron again after almost four months of course
and we both had an awesome time
Full pictures available here:
Family Visit
We’d booked a four day Zambian safari for the first week of
my families visit in the South Luawangwa national park. This was my first opportunity
to see some of the big game and cats that you don’t get in Malawi. We
did a total of 4 game drives, two during the day and two at night, we were really
lucky and saw some fairly uncommon sights; Lions with a kill, Lions
mating (fairly disturbing photography) and a Leopard playing with her baby cub.
To top it off most of the animals seemed to be with very new born young, presumably
it makes sense to give birth just before the rains.
Some really great shots, full pictures available here:
After our Zambian safari I took my family on a tour of the
south of Malawi. Again it was a mix of old and new for me, the highlight being
Satemwa tea plantation in Thyolo; a little colonial but a wonderful and fascinating
place to stay. We were in the old plantation managers house which came with two
of our own domestic staff! Check out the colonial Dennis’s family portrait!
Full pictures available here:
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