The Plateau

We began walking up the plateau at around 8:30 Saturday morning only to be welcomed by a huge rainstorm once we had walked a couple kms up. Fortunately, there was a very sweet lady named Chisomo who saw us under a tree just as it had started and decided to pick us up. As it was another 5 km to the top we were more than happy to catch a lift. It ended at Malawi's top-end hotel called the Sunbird. At around a $100 a night it is way beyond our price range but we were more than happy to have some tea and read our books in the restaurant while we waited for the rain to stop. We then hiked back down to the Trout Farm which runs for about $12 a night for a nice room. It really was a trout farm in the middle of paradise. The running water and beautiful gardens made for a wonderful stay. They didn't have a restaurant there but we did meet a couple of dutch student doctors who were more than happy to have dinner with us at the Sunbird. After another lazy day at the trout farm and buying some gifts, we cooked an egg (yes, one egg) in the guest kitchen, took some sappy photos and went to bed early. We're now in Blantyre at Doogle's and we're meeting up with some friends from Lilongwe for dinner tonight. One of them is a British diplomat here on official business. She's a great girl with a pretty awesome job working for the Brits here in Malawi. We take the bus (hopefully) from Blantyre, through Mozambique, and to Harare tomorrow so please keep us in your good thoughts and prayers. You might now hear from us again until we get back and then... what's the use of a blog? Just invite us over for dinner instead.

Cheers,

Andrea and Michael