Malawi

Oh.. my god.

We are now in Malawi, 3rd country of Africa so far. I am so sad to see Tanzania go, but I will definitely go back there someday. Met so many amazing people, and the beach was OH GOD amazing.

Now we have come to Malawi lake- which is amazing. It looks like ocean, so much sand and waves and so nice and refreshing but it is fresh water! I am excited to snorkel here and compare it to salt water. !! I hope it's just as colorful and amazing. I'm sure it will be.

I ran along the beach today, but it was much less enjoyable than it was in Zanzibar because of lots of things... the sand wasn't nearly as soft, filled with rocks, the shore was uneven and not hard so it was squishy under my feet making it nearly impossible to spring back up into each new step hahahaha and then to top it off, every african person I passed either yelled to me, followed me, ran alongside me, blocked my way, tried to sell me something, or hit on me. (or some combination of these) .

The sunset was very cool, not over the water, but it fell very quickly behind a mountain, the colors in the sky were so nice.

Last night we were star gazing, it was the most amount of stars and the clearest night we have seen so far. So great. I managed to find a few constellations, but the sky looks much different from the southern hemisphere.

We make friends easily, the Africans are so kind and friendly. It's really great.

I am speaking in quite a bit of fluff, but this is such a blast. I hardly have any complaints, save the weird temperatures. Do you remember me having trouble deciding how to pack for climate? NO WONDER! At night it can be as low as 0 (especially last night when we were so high in the mountains), and other nights I sweat my way through the night and can hardly sleep. Then some days I wear pants long sleeves and a scarf , and other days I wear a little dress with my bikini and sweat. Last night was 0, this morning was maybe like 15 maybe (cold though with the wind in the truck) and then all afternoon it reached 36-39 degrees!!!! it varies soo much it's impossible to gage!! hahaha!!

Okay everyone around me is complaining that internet is quitting, and the town we are going to tomorrow for the next 3 days has reported having no power for a couple of weeks now... so I h ave a feeling that there won't be power while we are there either hahahahaha. so retro eh? Anyways, that means 1. I won't be able to check my email, and 2. I will be living off of 5$ because that's all I have right now and no power means no money from ATM!!! hahahaha!!! Oh god. "This is Africa" is what we say about everything !

ooohhhh my. I miss you all very much

Ref- I wish so much you and X were travelling with me, and I hope all is well with Seb ... I think about you and him lots and lots
>Mum and Dad- I know OCtober is an exciting month what with the birthdays and anniversary - I hope you had such a blast and aren't too stressed with work!! relax, slow down , i LOVE YOU
Mag- thinking about you constantly!!! I hope you are well and I Am thinking about little love lump , my new little niece to be. <3
Charlie- Hope you're getting lots of work! I'm always wishing you were here to see all the cool animals with me
Erin- I'm glad work is going so well, I want more deets! Can't wait to spend time with you when I Get home
Jerr- I hope you are keeping the jams going, I can't wait to join in when I Get back
Holly- I heard Dynamite at the bar and wished you were jammin with me, the others were dancing a BIT but YOU are my dancing partner downtown lolz!!!
Tabi- I miss you so much <3 <3 I think about you every day, all day
Grammie and Grampie - I hope you are ready, because when I Get home I'm gonna sit you down and explain every photo (BEFORE they go on facebook muahahahaha) ... heheh i love you guys!
Lilly- Wish I had your snuggles
Antho- Wish you were seeing these crazy things with me (And the chocolate men are GORGEOUSSSS you'd love them)
Anita- you must be one of my most loyal readers- thanks so much!
Matty- thanks for having such a great trip with me, it's so fun and I'm glad I came with you
Mullo + friends - these parts of Africa are amazing, but all I keep hearing about is Uganda- I can't f*#$ing wait to come back here with you guys
All - thank you oh so much for supporting my trip here, it's amazing. I think about all of you and wish that you were seeing everything I see. I want to share share share.

xoxoxox
Happy, full, delighted, excited, overwhelmed, loving life, Jess