After field work in Nkhotakota I treated myself to a day of relaxation at Bua River Lodge, a little hedeaway deep in the lush Nkhotakota Wildlife Reserve. The park itself is basically a huuuge forest, making it virtually impossible to track and find any of the big game (elephants, lions etc.) Yet the rushing river alone was well worth a visit... as was the troope of vervet monkeys ( i call them blue ball monkeys because the males have bright, robins egg blue balls, for serious. personally i think its sort of weird, but, i guess lady monkeys are into that kind of thing) who spent the afternoon with me, climbing around the rafters of the open thatched lodge while i read my book and looked out over the river. i wasnt completely sedentary, however. Went for a walk in the woods with Juma my guide and a game scout.
but first, a 'bush breakfast'... which interestingly enough was for more luxurious than my usual slurp of coffee
even though its not common to see game in Nkhotakota, we did see several crocs sunning on the sandy banks, a bush buck ( an african deer-ish beast) and prints of hyena, and white spotted river otter, and elephants in the mud. as well as an olive baboon colony. baboons are great. they bark like dogs, and have this amazing gallop-y sort of run. and they are just so human... two young ones played chicken on a precariously bending branch, while another stood on hind legs in the tall grass and stared at me, one hand on his hip.
tomorrow= off to domwe island for a birthday camping and kayaking trip with my malawi family. frank the cook is baking my chocolate butter cream sponge cake right now....
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