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One last shot from Cape Maclear

October 26th, 2010 | Category: Malawi

left around on the camera. Sunset with Thumbi and Mumbo Islands in the background. I had such a good time in Cape Maclear. Sorry to Zaneil and Pa and all the others I didn’t manage to catch up with but it didn’t seem in keeping with the spirit of the Cape to spend all my time running around like a mad thing. And I’ll be back a lot sooner next time, possibly dragging a few more with me.

Thanks to all the old friends and also to all the new friends I made at the festival and at the Cape. You made my disorganised return to Malawi an absolute delight.

Cape Maclear sunset with Thumbi and Mumbo islands

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More Cape Maclear pictures

October 21st, 2010 | Category: Malawi

from my wanderings over the last few days, not much description this time, and again some of it may only be of interest to those who have lived here. There are some pretty pictures of fish though.

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Cape Maclear photos for old hands

October 19th, 2010 | Category: Malawi
This post is for those of you who have been to Cape Maclear before and is a bunch of photos I took to show how things have changed, particularly at Fat Monkeys. I will be taking more of these kinds of photos to show you how much the Cape has changed and it has changed a lot. First Fat Monkeys
The old bar has changed shape
They have a couple of boats
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Lake of Stars Festival – Nkopola Lodge, Malawi

October 19th, 2010 | Category: Malawi
I spent my afternoon in Lilongwe sorting out a sim card and buying a towel, stopping at Ali Baba’s for a kebab before falling asleep on my hotel bed at about 5pm. Something about the four flights that morning I guess. I woke up and packed my stuff then headed out to get the bus to Nkopola. It was laid on for all the timid first-time in Malawi festival goers but I opted for the luxury over the local bus.
A lot of the punters were having trouble adapting to Malawi time and were getting particularly frustrated with not getting a straight answer on how long it would take to get down to the lake. I did lots of quiet chuckling to myself when I heard “But you said it was an hour away two hours ago”. After stopping at Sun ‘n’ Sand and Boadzulu on the way, we finally made it to Nkopola about 9 at night and I threw on my pack and trudged the 2km down the beach to the campsite. There weren’t many people there so I pitched my tent down towards the beach. Time spent practising putting up the tent came in handy and I was impressed with how it looked in the morning.

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