Africa at last

Well I got here in the end, and Africa is incredible. The half-hour drive from the airport to my hostel took me through an incredible landscape. The air is full of humidity and dust so that the far-off mountains shimmer close to and then far away. Compared to England the country feels vast. There are people everywhere, cycling or walking along the roadside, paused and chatting in groups or selling corn-cobs, fish or pigeons and crammed into the tiny mini-vans that careen past my taxi. Tomorrow I make the 6 hour bus journey to Mzuzu and then take a little plane up into Nyika.