Sapitwa….tapita!
We made it to the top! At 9am last Thursday, Nori and I were the highest people in Malawi! We had an amazing 5 day trip around Mulanje and decided to summit the highest peak about half way through the trip. Even though at several points in the trek I had the thought, “man this is so dangerous,” I am very happy that we continued to jump the large boulders, shimmy up the smooth rock surfaces, and brave the tight tunnels we had to pass through in order to reach the very windy top of Mt. Mulanje. After this trip we visited my old colleagues from my peace corps days and then make a quick visit to Phalula, my village. It does now have electricity, but Phalula has not really changed much in the past 10 years. It was great to walk around and see my old house, the CDSS and the market where I spent so much time. We also visited Zomba and Balaka and spent a few days with our friend Jen in Blantyre. After a couple days in LLW, today we will head to Nkhotakota to visit Nori’s friends. Then we head on to Likoma for some relaxing beach time.