The previous day I had booked us onto a morning walking safari, which seemed like a great idea at the time. At 05:30 the next morning, the matter was certainly up for debate. Worse still, it soon became apparent that the rest of the early diners would soon be whisked away for a morning driving […]

Last night a man with a big torch escorted us from the Flatdogs Lodge restaurant to our cottage. Tonight a man with a really big torch escorted us through South Luangwa National Park on a night-time driving safari. Squiffy was dressed like a disguised terrorist to shield herself from abundant dust being kicked-up into our […]

As soon as morning broke, we checked-out of our terrible resthouse in Mfuwe and finally managed to make contact with the Flatdogs Lodge and Campsite. Within minutes, a branded 4×4 vehicle appeared and whisked us off to the lodge for a hearty breakfast. (We were told that we were not allowed to walk from the […]

Aftering waving the emerald smugglers goodbye in Chipata at about lunchtime, we set about finding an ATM, a cheap eat and a place to sleep for the night before setting off for Mfuwe (pronounced ‘muf-ooh-eee’), the nearest town to South Luangwa National Park for more wildlife watching. We found a restaurant to make us a […]

After two weeks it was time for us to leave Malawi. We enjoyed our stay in the country, and on the whole, found the people very genuine and friendly. As an example, one taxi driver went to top-up his mobile for us to make a call (no-one ever has credit here) and I gave him […]