So here I sit, a couple of hours removed from a remarkable trip to Liwonde national park, and my what a weekend it was. We were whisked away on friday afternoon, and upon arrival at the park at around half past i have no idea we caught our first sighting of elephants. And LOADS of them there were! I was snapping like a Japanese tourist and probably have about a zillion of the same pictures but oh well. Served me right when my battery ran out early the next day AND my phone battery ran out soon after. We saw hippos (funny animals to look at, but don't tell any of them I said that) and warthogs and baboons and impalas. I also saw a girl from the year above at Sevenoaks, which was weird - but she was in the lodge and not in the wild which to be honest was kind of a disappointment.

Quote of the weekend went to the chap who took us on the walking safari, who told us before we started "We will walk slowly so as not to scare the animals". Someone asked "Might we have to run?" and his reply was simply "I will tell you when to run". His use of 'when' instead of 'if' scared me a little. And we did have to run by the way because he didn't spot one elephant until quite late at one stage and we were very close. His bad. In the car at one stage (much safer to have a metal box to sit in) we were around maybe 15 yards away from 4 elephants - two grown ups and 2 babies - which was incredible. No photos though, sorry...

Weather here is really quite sweltering, which is nice in terms of the outside chance of my first ever tan, but not nice to work in and especially not to play football in. Sorry to interrupt myself but a duck just walked past the door of this room. Vintage Africa. Anywho yes, it has been rather hot (not to worry, the ducks gone back the way it came) and sticky here so the fact that the Lake itself is at the bottom of the garden is most welcoming. I've also been doing a lot more coaching than playing football recently...

This is, readers, my last week of African fun! It feels like its gone SO quickly but i guess 3 weeks is quite a long time. I am sure that this week will go fast. My plans include a beer with the Headmaster of the school I've been working at tomorrow, a mini football tournament on Tuesday, and lunch with the Chief of the village on Wednesday. I've been told he likes Sobo, which is a bit like Ribena.

Well that seems enough out of me for now.

Until next time, tionana, and nobubu.