Sickos at Cape MacLear

Sasha, Jessica, Yanara, and Lara on the sunset catamaran cruise.

This past weekend both Lara and I came down with a stomach bug that had been making its way through our house.  We pushed through it though, and decided that going on our planned weekend trip to Cape MacLear would be a better experience as sickos than sitting around at home, suffering a bad case of FOMO (fear of missing out).  So, off we went!  We got in late on Friday evening, and had a fun time catching up with Sasha and Jessica, two other volunteers who are living in Blantyre.  On Saturday, we spent a few hours shopping in the crafts market and ordering 'happy pants', and then took a boat out to Otter Point for a few hours of swimming with the cichlids.  Then we headed back to the lodge and got ready to go on a sunset catamaran ride.  It was a lovely sunset - we had fun swimming off the boat and watching the incredible clouds.  On Sunday, we took it pretty easy and just chilled on the beach until we had to head back to our respective cities.  It was a wonderful weekend!  But, when we got back to Lilongwe, Lara and I both succumbed to the stomach bug and spent most of this week at home waiting to get better.  We are now on the 'other side of health' as one of our co-workers put it when she saw us back at work!

Driving through the clouds and mountains on the way to Cape MacLear.

On the boat on the way to Otter Point.

Heading back to the lodge after a few hours of swimming.

The clouds on our sunset cruise.

Heading out on the catamaran.

Working our way down the mountain on hairpin turns through clouds!

Lara enjoying the view from the boat.

Otter Point rock outcroppings.

Such stunningly beautiful water & cloudscapes!

The beach of Cape MacLear and some of the nearby islands.

And, Lara's university has a dance marathon to raise money for charity, and she got a kid band on the beach to play one of their songs while she danced, as a contribution in solidarity with her classmates... check out the moves those kids have got!