We had planned this morning to catch the minibus to Chipata spend a night and head to Malawi tomorrow using two taxis and a minibus... but that's not quite what happened. To catch the minibus you have to leave at 4:45am, which meant waking up at 4am to pack up the tent. This went well, and we avoided the hippos who were still munching. But, before we made it into town where the minibus leaves from we ran into a ute (lorry - sized) going to Chipata leaving immediately - so the 6 of us who were heading that way jumped into the back and were on our way. The ute makes money by giving lifts to people so we soon had around 15 people in the back and were partially deafened from the horn which he used to announce his presence. We were however in Chipata before 9am much earlier than expected, so decided to press on for Malawi (It would have been even earlier but we got stopped by the police, so it took some time to come to a suitable bribe to get the car keys back).
We took a share taxi to the border with 4 people on the back seat, 2 on the passengers seat and 2 in the drivers! After an easy border crossing we decided to ask the tourists who were ahead of us in the queue for a lift. So rather than another taxi and minibus we were driven in what felt like absolute luxury!! I also began to learn Afrikaans from the 4 year old boy I was sitting beside who couldn't understand why I couldn't talk properly.
Next stop Nhakata Bay... we think! (Gosh, up to date... been awhile since that's been the case)
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