Anna comes to the Mountain

Well arriving at Mzuzu was worrying, as I was sure the guy meeting me would have given up seeing as the coach was about an hour late. But he was there, pulling me out of the eager taxi drivers convinced they had cornered a fare, and off we drove to the Moozoozoozoo. This savoury establishment is run by Jill, who after only half an hour and three double scotchs I'm fairly certain is an alcoholic, and Gerard, a swiss retiree from life and capitalism. If 'Fear and Loathing' was based on anything this is it. Or maybe 'Heart of Darkness'. Or 'Catch 22'. I'm still not sure. It was bizarre and brilliant. Here we stopped for the night as Chris the Pilot had to pick up a client at Likoma Island in the morning. So I was able to spend a pleasant evening with Gerard, Chris, Jill and Mike (of whom we shall learn more later), before my 6am start.