hippos and holidays

Just a few pictures of our recent adventures. We haven't really seen much of Malawi because it's just so expensive to travel but we finally decided we had to start exploring the country a little. We went to see some wildlife on the Shire River in Liwonde National Park. Not a great time to see wildlife during the rainy season because there's plenty of water inland so animals don't come to the river to drink (and you can't enter the park by land during the rainy season). But we got to see a bunch of hippos, ugly creatures, really. We also spent a weekend at Lake Malawi, a first for us after 7 months of living here and it's only like 2hrs away. It's beautiful and we enjoyed our time there, so much so we really didn't take pictures except for a little side trip to Mua Mission.