Nkhata Bay to Ngala Beach was a very easy two days of 70km each. What a pleasure to be relaxed about the cycling again! And what a pleasure to be cycling along the lakeshore – it is gorgeous. You wake up to birdsong and the noise of the waves billowing up sand in a stubborn game of rock, paper, scissors between the elements.
This morning we only have another 70km before we hopefully get to a lodge that can show us the Super14 games – high priorities!
We are going to be visiting a local secondary school this morning which will should be interesting. It is a school for 200 students that is currently heavily undersubscribed because of the school fees of 1700mk for 3 months – that is the equivalent of R85 for a term. Scary thought. Surely there could be a way for these children to earn their fees? Potentially they could work for a lodge for a couple of hours a day and earn the fees. But then I forget that their families will be pretty desperate too, and another person in school is a cost to them.
Malawians seem to live on nothing. And more so than many places we have come through. I am not sure how these people survive and I am not sure there is that much hope around.
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