21 June
Tuesday Lilongwe to Shire camp
The car starts to lose power and jerks as if it does not get
enough fuel. Willie thinks that it might be dirty fuel filters so he drops us
off at Shoprite and Spar to stock up while he wants to find an auto parts
dealer. The guys help me to find all the stuff we need to be stocked up for a
few days. We love walking around in the stores that carry familiar-to-us
products, because most of the products come from South Africa. Hugo tries to
find Afrikaans magazines and then we lose him as a shopping helper, because he
gets lost in words and oddities akin to the Afrikaans culture.
It seems as if Lilongwe is a gathering place for expatriates from
all over the world: groups of young people on different missions, backpackers,
humanitarian aid workers and travelers. We leave the city after noon and drive
to the southern lake shore area – the Shire river and it is after dark when we
finally find a place to sleep: a small camping compound with very basic
facilities, behind a restaurant on the banks of the river. We are happy for the
safety that the enclosure gives to us as well as to the car.
Tomorrow – another border crossing into Zimbabwe.
Tuesday Lilongwe to Shire camp
The car starts to lose power and jerks as if it does not get
enough fuel. Willie thinks that it might be dirty fuel filters so he drops us
off at Shoprite and Spar to stock up while he wants to find an auto parts
dealer. The guys help me to find all the stuff we need to be stocked up for a
few days. We love walking around in the stores that carry familiar-to-us
products, because most of the products come from South Africa. Hugo tries to
find Afrikaans magazines and then we lose him as a shopping helper, because he
gets lost in words and oddities akin to the Afrikaans culture.
It seems as if Lilongwe is a gathering place for expatriates from
all over the world: groups of young people on different missions, backpackers,
humanitarian aid workers and travelers. We leave the city after noon and drive
to the southern lake shore area – the Shire river and it is after dark when we
finally find a place to sleep: a small camping compound with very basic
facilities, behind a restaurant on the banks of the river. We are happy for the
safety that the enclosure gives to us as well as to the car.
Tomorrow – another border crossing into Zimbabwe.
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