FloJa campground to Karonga (Lovemore Lodge)

August 18, 2022

I had a fantastic morning visiting with the owner and learning about Malawi ways. After that, we went over to the school (it's a preschool) and said hello to the kids and even did some exercises with them. They had a great playground (not ever seen in Africa), but I was having a heart attack watching these 3-5 year old's stand on the swings and very high! One child had white powder all over her ear and he asked her what happened. She got bit by a pig! Another little boy's ankle was all messed up and he had the same white powder.

Although I did some exercises with them, I skipped the run :)

I had a pleasant ride today, but I didn't get on the road until almost 11:00am. I may have stopped a lot. You'll see why in the pictures.

Just pushing up the dirt road back to the main road had me breaking out in a sweat!

You may see a theme in the coming photos. So many cool trees to photograph. I stopped quite a bit! Enjoy.

I'm not such a huggy, lovey person, so I thought it was funny I picked out "Lovemore Lodge." Ha ha. I checked out three hotels, and this was the newest, but it was all about the chair in my room! Coincidentally, it was the first hotel I rode by, but I didn't stop as I had two others picked out. I always read the reviews and this hotel only had one, so I had bypassed it. Oops! It was nice.

They had some interesting statues at the hotel

Karonga is known for its dinosaur finds. Well, more like the fossils of dinosaurs. I guess this is the tribute

Today's ride: 25 miles (40 km)
Total: 3,905 miles (6,284 km)

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