Not having had my lazy Sunday by the pool in Lilongwe I was keen to have a relaxing day. For lunch we ventured about 45 mins up the beach to a place called Carolina Lake Resort. There were very few tourists about.

We were running a bit short on cash so decided to take a minivan into town to go to an ATM. We can tick another means of transport off the list; bicycle, at least we sat on the back whilst someone else peddled.

It was dark by the time we got back and to make matters worse it was during the near daily power cut. We decided to go back to Carolina’s for dinner since Andrew, the owner had been so nice to us and had given us a lift part of the way to town earlier that day despite the fuel shortage. We were in need of some local knowledge (since we didn’t have Craig’s Lonely Planet) and some company so we invited Wendy, the owner of the Murandy Lodge along.

Wendy is a white Zimbabwean and has experienced first hand the problems of both her home and adopted countries. Lately she’s been suffereing from some staff problems, something a lot of the local bosses we talked to seemed to have.

Local artist in Senga Bay, Malawi

Canoes on the beach

Cows on the beach

Drying Kapanga in the sun