Malawi 11: Pink koalas in Nkhotakota

Please read Marie’s blog @
https://findpenguins.com/6dizjaeovqm7w/footprin…
… because while I was learning boa she was taking notes and listening in on my conversation with Kevin who is clearly the local boa wiz and has stolen my blog material harumph.
Boa is the African version of chess and can be played anywhere you can find 64 stones or beans or impala droppings and a patch of dirt where you can make 32 holes in the ground. Apparently it cause loss of productivity in the community because the men play boa all day while the women are working. Hang on a minute, that is what normally happens in Africa! Anyway, we had already been for a walk in the reserve this morning at 6 with an armed guide, Frankie. Fortunately, we did not encounter any elephant in the tall grass and more pleasingly did not encounter any buffalo either which would have been particularly scary as buffalo are bad news when you surprise them despite Marie looking like a pink koala.
What is particularly difficult is explaining to these guys who live in small intimate communities that we do not talk to our neighbours or that our neighbour may even die and we do not know or go the the funeral together with all the other neighbours. Yeh weird I know.
Don’t get me started on how this government is f.…king this country. Good night.Read more