We were woken this morning by other campers out and about so we were organised earlier than planned. A small group of us walked into town and met the truck there as Eunice had more shopping to do.
We did some shopping in the local markets which are made up of people who cannot find work elsewhere so turn to arts and carving to make a living. There is a 30-40% unemployment rate in all of Africa so it is great to see them trying to find a way to make money. They are generally quite talented too which makes it hard to decide what to buy!!
We also went shopping in the local 2nd hand clothing market for our fancy dress party that would be this evening.... oh man there really were some great finds!
Our new campsite was at Kande Beach on the shore of Lake Malawi. Lake Malawi is 580km long, 75km wide, and between 280 - 930m deep. It is the third largest and second deepest inland lake in Africa and apparently is the home to the widest range of fish species in the world.
Our evening started with the making of the punch... 13 bottles of Malawi’s “finest” white spirits, 1 bottle of Lemonade, 1 bottle of Champagne, a fair amount of fresh fruit, some juice concentrate, and lots of water.... lets just say it was extremely potent, and not that tasty :-). We then, whilst starting to drink the punch, exchanged clothing which we had bought as a surprise for each member of the group in a modified secret santa style. It was very amusing to see what each person purchased within their budget of 350 Malawian Kwache (approx US$2). And... as you can imagine the rest of the evening was more of the same, combined with some added dancing on the bar at the campsite.
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