Sunday July 26 - back to Lilongwe

After leaving Monkey Bay Parish we drove back to the ELCM headquarters in Lilongwe. We drove a very windy road up a mountain with lots of switch backs. Mphatso was very excited about this road as it was the first time he has been on it - it's just a few years old. It cuts hours off the old drive. We saw people walking or biking up this road carry all kinds of heavy loads. I know I could never do it.

This is a very common site on the flat roads or in the mountains. Men ride/push bikes with big loads and women walk with their loads on their heads. He has either corn or potatoes in the bags.

We arrived back at the ELCM guest house towards evening and once again unwound from the Land Cruiser.

Inside the Land Cruiser - Joe sits next to me. Ken drives and Mphatso rides shotgun. We don't have any luggage in the picture, so it's pretty roomy. *

Mphatso and Ken are took us to an Italian restaurant for pizza. It's kind of funny to see a restaurant named Mama Mia in Lilongwe. It was very good - much like a nice Italian restaurant in the US. Mphatso thinks the food is too spicy. I suppose if you are used to a diet of rice and sima Italian food is spicy. He told us that when he visits the US, he has a hard time with our food being too spicy, too. The restaurant was full of Europeans and/or Americans - the first such place we have seen.

We went to be early to get ready to head back to the US tomorrow.