Into Zambia

Trip Start Sep 04, 2008
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Trip End Oct 13, 2008


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Friday, September 26, 2008

I should take some time to write what weather we have been having. In Kenya we had an average day time temp of about 25. overnight it was quite mild, but still used our sleeping bags. In Tanzania is warmed up more with out average being about 28-30. But sleeping at the Ngorogoro Crater is was about 5 degrees. Onto Zanzibar and it warmed up again and was low to mid 30s and finally Malawi we were in high 30s - low 40s. Malawi was hot. Very hot.
We have just spent the last 3 nights at Kande Beach again on Lake Malawi. It was nice to stay in one spot for a few days and just relax. The original 6 from the start of our tour all upgraded to beach chalets. Simple rooms, but not a tent to crawl in and out of.
On the morning of our first day at Kande Beach we did a local village walk to the school and hospital. The kids are great. They come running to show us their work and want to know if they have got the correct answer
Lake Malawi
Lake Malawi
. At the school they have over 1000 students with only 7 teachers. They have over 100 kids in each class. It is humbling to see what they have to go through to get an education and I take down the schools address so we can send them over some pens and pencils as they get very little funding from the government. As we walk around the village we are always mobbed by the kids wanting to hold our hands. We have simple communication and I am amazed at the level of English even the really young ones have. We spend some time in the local hospital also where they only have a medical nurse. Again we donate some US dollars.
We walk back to our campsite in about 40 degree heat (and it was only 10.30am) and have a bit of brunch before spending the remaining time either swimming or laying in hammocks.
 
Such is life.
 
Today we have traveled from Kande Beach into Zambia. It took us over 1.5hours to get through the border. It is very corrupt and they always want more money to let people through but today we are fortunate. Our campsite tonight is looking good. It's got fast internet so hense the blog update.
 
Anyway the next update will definitely be from Victoria Falls.
 
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