Malawi 12: the bumps and Liwonde NP

I can barely speak after bouncing down the potholed highway for 8 hours. After a couple of hours I said I would go mad if this carried on any more and it did and then we had a puncture on a dusty bit of shitty road with trucks going by and it was hot.
And then we arrived and everything changed and we were in tranquil beauty in a boat on the Shire River and there were birds and hippos. It was lekker, man.
Met on the jetty by “Chief”, short for Chifundo, and after some yummy food, taken to our tent/cabin on the edge of the river with a warning that we should not leave our camp after dark because of things like hippos and lions and things like that. We are equiped with a drum like a jemba in case of an emergency we should beat the drum nine times if there is a lion on our deck. Thanks guys - shan’t forget.
Barely had a chance to scratch myself when told to get in the 4x4 as there was a cheetah nearby - the most coverted predator ever I swear. Literally drove around the corner - a young male lying there, balls in the air. Took a couple of pics and jumped in the boat for sundowners up the river.
It was literally bird soup out there and had trouble keeping up with my bird list wow. So frantic needed a “double in the bush” G&T and the sun went down and the fish eagles cried.
Need another drink man.
See what tomorrow brings.
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