We went to Cape Maclear this weekend with Ted Farwell, one of our former PACRA teammates and Micah's pair partner. The cape was "discovered" by Livingston in 1859 and it's now the busiest place to visit on Lake Malawi. We saw a total of maybe 20 tourists.
There are teams of kids on the beach who serenade tourists using homemade band instruments, such as drums made out of empty plastic containers. One of them sang us "Who let the dogs out" and "In the jungle," while two of the leaders performed interpretive dances. We passed on another band's offer to "do Shakira."
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| On Thumbi Island |
The lake and shore around the Cape are declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO because of the variety of bird and fish species found there and nowhere else on earth. We rented a boat to get to Thumbi Island, where our guides fed fish by hand and we saw toucans, eagles and crabs, along with many different colorful cichlids. There are more freshwater species of fish in Lake Malawi than anywhere else in the world.
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| Happy girl! Stas as the photographer |
Two o say it was beautiful won't do the place justice, so I'll just post some pictures and bask in the memories.
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| Thinking hard about which beer to drink next...will it be Carlsberg? Or perhaps...Carlsberg? |
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| It's always a good vacation when you can find many trees to climb |
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| We have a family photo! |
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| This is where we stayed--Thumbi view lodge, cute and comfortable with awesome beach chairs and cheap drinks :) |
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| Agnieszka takes good pictures too |
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| Cows crossing! |
There are teams of kids on the beach who serenade tourists using homemade band instruments, such as drums made out of empty plastic containers. One of them sang us "Who let the dogs out" and "In the jungle," while two of the leaders performed interpretive dances. We passed on another band's offer to "do Shakira."
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