Down to our last £1.90

Bhav and I had intended to get up early with the aim of getting to Dar es Salaam in Tanzania. We’d planned to get the direct bus but we’d heard some bad things about it. It was after lunchtime before we arrived at the bus station in Muzuzu but the direct bus didn’t leave till midnight and wasn’t cheap. We decided to try the method everyone had suggested; by getting a series of minibuses the over 1,000 km distance. The problem we discovered at Karonga, 50 km south of the Tanzanian border was that it closed at 5 pm, it was by then after 6 pm. Bhav was all for getting a bus to the border town but I felt it would be easier to get food and accomodation where we were.

Considering the previous nights accomodation had been MWK 1,700 each, we only paid a bargin MWK 400. It had to be as after paying the other bill at Mayoka Village I was almost out of money to the point that we had to share dinner and couldn’t afford a Coke. It wasn’t the best place I’ve ever stayed but it was the cost that was important. I left Malawi with MWK 500 (about £1.90) and Bhav didn’t have any money left.