BLOG 13 - DAY 30, 31 & 32

DAY 30
Woken up by the humid air inside and outside our tent at around 7 we packed our tent and got breakfast ready by 8. A cold shower before we left completely revived me. On our drive we passed through a large forest of baobabs. It's probably about time I did a little introduction of our newest new additions to our acacia africa family : we have a married couple from Perth, another couple from Melbourne and two sisters from Melbourne. So our current Aussie total is 11 out of 17. We later arrived at our home for the night- The Kisolanza Farm House. Luckily we set our tents up just before it began raining. The afternoon was spent in the wifi area (the wifi didn't really work) and playing a lame phone version of truth and dare. For dessert we had thee most delicious brownies from the owner of the camp.

DAY 31
After many hours driving we arrived at the friendly Tanzanian side of the border and had a quick experience. The Malawian side look much longer as many people in our group didn't have visas yet. I sat with Ben for the rest of the drive. The drive became quite hectic after stopping to buy groceries. It was pouring with rain and starting to get dark. The rain bouncing on the newly tarred roads created mini clouds over the pitch black road. Also since there are no streetlights the road is extra dark and other car lights are semi blinding . I take my hat off to Ben, his driving is honestly excellent. Myself, Sav and the two young Australian girls rented a chalet as it was still raining and none of us wanted to sleep in tents.

DAY 32
Sav left our room early to do the Livingstone hike while the rest of us slept in till 7 then enjoyed refreshing showers before we went off to learn how to wood carve in the market just outside our camp. We were each partnered with two carvers who would guide and assist us (more like fix what we did wrong haha) we could choose what we would carve - I chose an elephant. The guys helping me were so sweet, the ones name was Vin Diesel which was very entertaining. After carving we played "Bao" which is an African "board game" that involved a wooden board with grooves and many stones, i ended up buying a set to bring home. Three other names I found very interesting were: Mr Vegemite, Fantastic Steve and Cheap As Chips. After dinner we all grabbed a couple drinks and sat around the bar area chatting and showing each other our party tricks. From where we were sitting I could see the large bonfire on the beach that we had been invited to earlier that day.