Wow, another country completed. They have started to fly by at this point now… Malawi was beautiful and welcoming. There were a lot of children but they were relatively tame compared to what we are used to… The things I will remember of this country is the humidity, Lake Malawi (which I unfortunately did not get to dive in due to logistics), climbing the escarpment out of the Lake, and the difficult hilly days (not as bad as Ethiopia for climbing but close).There were also stark reminders that we are in a very poor country in Africa, the dozens of coffin shops at any area where there are shops, the dozens of AIDS signs and reminders of that and the children in ripped clothing lining the sides of the roads. Malawi defiantly gave Ethiopia a run for its money with the beautiful vistas and lush vegetation, it would have been nice to stay a few more days in this country. There will be lots of places I will need to come back and visit later on in my life when I am not so focused on biking. I will also remember Malawi as the country that we had to change the clocks. We now wake up at 4:20ish and are riding by 6:15. This usually means that we are at lunch by 9:00am. This really messes with your mind when you are so hungry again by like 2:00pm.
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