Have we changed, or has the Ilala?
..definitely not the Ilala. This steamer, which was built in the 1940s and runs a single route on Lake Malawi has changed little since it first hit the water I think. In fact, we are the ones who have changed. We seem to no longer have tolerance for 21 hour ship rides with only a small place to sit and the constant smell of dried fish. What has happened to us over the past 10 years? Our time on Likoma Island itself was amazing though! We stayed at Mango Drift where Nori and I had stayed with peace corps friends 9 years ago, and one evening we enjoyed a lovely dinner at Kaya Mawa to celebrate Nori’s graduation from medical school. We enjoyed having some down time after our days of moving around Malaw to visit friends and colleagues. After some more days in Nkhotakota visiting with nori’s friends, we arrived back in Lilongwe today.