Chitimbu Beach to Mzuzu. 136kms. Pouring rain and mountains.

Photo of the day.  2 beautiful boys from Tanzania.

This police officer was so keen to shake my hand I had to take his photo.  Or more importantly, MINE

This is the hotel Josh and I stayed at in 2004 on our cycle journey through Africa.

Peter and myself checking out how far we have to travel.  Next stop lilongwe.

today was a 135km ride from the campsite to the town of mzuzu, in the highlands of Malawi.  We're making our way to the town of Lilongwe where we'll have a 2 day rest.  the ride today was nothing less than spectacular.  With a magnificent 10km climb at the beginning of the day, the scenery down into the lake below was absolutely amazing.  At the top of the climb it started to rain cats and dogs and both peter and I got drenched to the bone.  We continued on with a nice tailwind to the lunch break at 70km.  After a nice lunch it was back on the bike to cover the remaining 70kms of rolling hills surrounded by small villages and beautiful landscape.  We arrived in Mzuzu at 2pm today and of course we got drenched again.  After a nice warm shower it was time to leave the campsite and head down town to the internet cafe.  In this part of the world it's a real pain in the ass to find the internet, but today i'm lucky.  so it's a short update today because we want to go to the coffee shop, drink coffee and eat fatning cakes, because we can.  so goodbye for now, and will keep you informed by matt as the days progress.