Week 8 - Christmas and New Year

A break from the farm for a bit, but before I left the community requested a small party. I arranged to get a goat, some maize and a few soft drinks and the community had a nice party to end the year.

I set off back to Blantyre to spend Xmas and New Year with Kate's family. They were heading to Mozambique so it was a great opportunity to get my travelling shoes on and see some more of Africa. We took the boat and kayaks to the Indian Ocean and did some fishing. We caught one kingfish the whole time, but I did see some yellowtail tuna for the first time which was cool.

On the way back to Malawi the axel on the boat snapped and we were stranded 300km from the border with a boat in the dirt. Luckily, surviving in Africa is all about who you know, and Kate knew a guy, who knew another guy, who lived 5 km from where we crashed!

He was a South African who owned an 8000ha farm, producing ethanol and whiskey. He quickly got us off the road and back to his farm where we spent the night and had a BBQ. He was looking to pick up some info on fish farming, so we exhanged details and I now have some additional work.

Its all about who you know!!!

The one and only Kingfish

Kayaking in the Indian Ocean

White Sand and Clear Water, Happy Xmas!