Day 14 (Dec 14/746km) Malawi not to be!

We got on the road at 5h30am aiming to reach Mzuzu in Malawi. This was yet another very wet day all the way up to the border. 700km later we were at the border about to cross into Malawi, and as we were negotiating currency for Malawi with the border entrepreneurs, a truck driver warned us that we would not have a pleasant trip in Malawi because there was no fuel! We verified that with several other truckers.

Taking a rest and admiring the beautiful mountains

Putting raingear on for the storm ahead

Off we went to Kyela, the nearest town to the border to find accommodation. Tumi’s bike clutch lever dismantled from its joint connecting to the gearbox. Thendo the fixer sorted it out immediately. Later whilst looking for internet connection we were approached by Mr Moses Kili, an apparent friend and business partner to Mr Cyril Ramaphosa and Mr Khulubuse Zuma. We were astonished to be shown pictures of his money in a briefcase and the Masserati he once owned when he was a kingpin of the famous Kilimanjaro chain of clubs in Melrose and Durban. We wished him well on the current negotiations with Cyril for the purchase of a copper mine in Tanzania.

Mr Moses Kili

Today we also spoke to our friends who had just recently returned from summiting mount Kilimanjaro (Tshilidzi Ratshitanga, Robinson Ramaite, Wiseman Khumalo and Leslie Mkhabela) check them out on http://www.sandtonhikingclub.blogspot.com/