Hitchhike or Hiking

Now we decided for the Down the mountain route rather than back through the strange religious community and where all set for a 17 mile hike to the road when a very nice but religious man offered us a lift to the bottom within 5 minutes of us setting off (at 6am) so we got to the bottom well ahead of schedule, and ahead of the bus that we where going to catch so instead we ended up perched on the back of a pick up truck for a couple of hours in the sun. This time though I actually used sun cream.

after a couple of hours of this over crowded lorry Journey I was promoted to the front seat and then later all three of us where promoted to a passing minibus.

which took us in relative comfort to Mzuzu where we relied upon getting some more local currency so that we could pay for a minibus to Nkahta Bay however it was a public holiday and so all the banks where shut, so I bartered a lift by over paying in dollars. Now I could go on about the public transport but suffice to say that I will never believe that the London underground system is overcrowded again.

but we eventually got there and the bus dropped us right out side the butterfly lodge with enough time for us to wander in to town and get some money on the black market buy some food and survive until the next morning