Saturday 30th July:
Wow it's really quite here!
Jackson (the barman) has come down with malaria so he is really not his usual chirpy self.
Bumped into Dave and Winston (the locals) and they invited me out to go see the fisherman on the lake tonight- very excited!
I found out that the kitchen doesn't have a fridge, only a freezer.
Had a swim and made it to my special rock- I have a phobia of being in deep water, and so I've challenged myself over the last few weeks to make it to this rock in the lake, today I managed to stay there for about 5 minutes :) New record!
Then Dave and Isaac came over and said how empty it felt at butterfly and how I was the only reason they came today. Thank god I have the locals and the staff here otherwise it would be very lonely now everyone's left. Dave gave me a bracelet as a little present- sweet!
They came back later with Stanley, Winston and a group of French girls staying at butterfly for 2 days and we walked into town to go get some fuel for the boat trip, then took the boat back to butterfly.
Winston, Dave & Stanley
Winston, Dave & Stanley
When we got back I played Stanley at pool- and beat him! Woo! Then he beat me 3 times...
Had dinner with the French girls and got to know them a bit better. They were in Zimbabwe for three weeks and now in Malawi for three weeks. Marion's dad married a lady from lilongwe and so she has a Malawian half brother.
We went out on the boat and stopped off in Isaac's village to wait for the fishermen. Chatted with Dave and Winston for a while and apparently everyone here believes in witches! And the people accused get beaten up or thrown in prison. I kept asking what makes someone a witch and how it can prove someone is a witch and then just circled the question! They also forced me to explain why I didn't believe in God which got a bit awkward.
We went off in the boat at around 11pm and collected a few nets of fish until around 5am.
They fish at night so the fish swarm to the artificial lights
Usipa, like sardines
Isaac being a joker as always
We went off in the boat at around 11pm and collected a few nets of fish until around 5am.
They fish at night so the fish swarm to the artificial lights
Usipa, like sardines
Isaac being a joker as always
We had a lot of time to kill waiting for the fish so they asked me to sing a few songs to everyone.
It took over an hour to drive back to Nkhata bay and it was freezing!
It took over an hour to drive back to Nkhata bay and it was freezing!
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