20 February

20 February

Chipata – Mchinji

23 Miles

Erik:

We woke up in the morning to the thundering of rain. Absolute downpour. It sounded as though the roof would cave in. During breakfast, one of the servers said it would most likely die down around noon. We reorganized our bags and changed things around a little to balance our load better. At around 1030am we headed out. It was a nice chill ride. Mostly uphills, but we took it easy and just talked and pedalled. There was only like one car as far as traffic was concerned. Lots of bikes though.

The border was a bit of a joke. Haha. So easy. It was just a room on both sides. Stamp. Done.

I changed Zambian Kwacha to Malawian Kwacha and got way ripped off. Oh well. On the Malawi side they won't even take Zambian KW. I hope they do in Lilongwe of the airport.

Malawi is beautiful. The people are lovely and everything is cheap. Finally. I really do love the people so far though. Just so friendly. The kids are back to asking for money, pens, our bikes, etc. Pens is the best request though. Steph wishes she had brought some to give away.

We found a gem of a place to stay in Mchinji. The room is clean and it has running water and it's so cheap. We got lunch /dinner and watched as they peeled and chopped the potatoes for our fries and feather a chicken. All for 2USD each. Win.

Tomorrow will be a longer ride. 60-something miles. Should be good though, based on what we've seen so far.

I am really happy to be on the road again!

(Steph says, "me too!")

:)

The rain in the morning. Woo!

Welcome to Malawi. So pretty :)