Little adventurers move to wildest Africa

We spent a couple of days at Majete with my brother Dan (and Merin, Jack 8 and Ellie 5). Majete was beautiful, with the green vegetation and the awesome Shire river. We saw Elephant and Giraffe but mostly it was just fun for the kids to play together, sit out the windows and play wolfie wolfie at the hides. Quality time is always special. We had a lovely outing to a little restaurant in Thyolo. The drive reminded me of our wedding day 9 years ago. The Tea estates are so beautiful, and we had delicious home made ice cream.   New years eve with the Barrett clan is guaranteed fun! We had a Mongolian stir fry and laughed til our tummy's hurt playing minute to win it. We danced, we chatted and we watched the 5 fireworks that went off around the neighbourhood before ending the year by jumping into the pool at midnight. Its always sad to say goodbye to family. This holiday was extra special for me. It was the first time we've been to Malawi as a family of 4, and the first time in a lo...

We left Kariba on Friday 18 Dec and drove through to Harare, where we spent the night. On Saturday morning we woke up at 3am and loaded the kids and bags into the car...hitting the road by 3:30am! There is a curfew in Zimbabwe still, but we told the policeman that we were trying to make it to the border as it opened to make the trip shorter for the kids. He didn't give us any trouble. We arrived at the border at 6am and were the first ones there. The kids woke up feeling fresh, after sleeping for the first 2,5 hours of the trip. BONUS!  We got duped by a guy 'helping us' get through the border...he gave us a form that he said had cost US$40 and was a 'covid form' that would be valid on the way back too. It was in Portuguese so we were none the wiser. On the way back we presented it and were told that it was the receipt from our road tax! TIA. It was relatively smooth sailing entering Mozambique. After driving for another 2 hours the kids started getting restless and...