Monkey Bay

To the lake for another weekend. 6 of us—2 teachers, 3 med students and a dr. we stayed at Norman Carr Cottages. 3 hour ride (we got picked up) down a windy road, beautiful scenery all the way to the lake. We arrived in time for a swim or paddle (kayaks) and sunset. The water was much clearer here than at Senga Bay (but reedier as well). Each of us got our own “cottage”-a sitting room, king bed and outdoor shower. Talk about luxury. Had my first glass of wine in Malawi and it almost brought tears to my eyes, very nice. Dinner was lovely as was the sleep I fell into right after.

Saturday morning we went out on the boat to see the fish eagles and to snorkel. Watching the eagles swoop down to catch the fish was a great sight but our eagles weren’t very hungry. I think we all got some pictures so I’ll try to find some good ones. There were some very pretty blue striped fish we saw while snorkeling. The sun is strong here but we did very well at hiding in the shade any chance we got (not in the water).

Sunday we went out for another boat ride and to a jumping rock. Lots of fun and one more eagle sighting. After lunch and a quick siesta we loaded up and headed back to Nkhoma, none of us quite ready to finish our weekend but very happy with the time we’d had.