The road to Malawi is quite different than the road to Kalungu but certainly as memorable! In Africa they use the term road very loosely, and road can often mean trail, or in this case mud bog!
The journey to Malawi spans approximately 600 km's of which the first 93 took us 3.25 hours to travel! The night before we left the area received heavy rains and the road was very muddy and washed out in places. This is not the type of road you want to get stuck on as it is scarcely travelled and their is no town or major community within a 60 km radius. There were many times during our morning drive that I was sure we were going to get stuck and not make it to Malawi but some great driving and a little bit of divine intervention got us to the other side without any issues!
The road passes through countless small villages which are occupied with people who live on small farms and have a daily income of approximately $2.00 per day. These villages have not been touched by modern day influences such as television, or the internet and in many cases their residences have little to no contact with the outside world other than by cell phones which are every where, and work every where, within Africa.
I have posted a few pictures of the road we travelled just to give you a taste of our adventure!
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