Tuesday 9th August

Sup fans. Millie and Grace reporting today's activities. So we woke up on our island bright and early to the sun streaming into our safari tent and the fishermen shouting to each other words that we don't understand. We all met outside the kitchen area at 7:30 with full water bottles and each grabbed an apple or pear before starting on a very difficult hike up to the top of Domwe island. It took forever and we're pretty sure we all died several times over, but we eventually made it up to the top exhausted and Georgie's trousers ripped. The view was amazing! We have decided that Lake Malawi must be infinite as we could see that it goes on forever. After the trek down again we finally had breakfast (which was more of a brunch) just after 11am. We then had a lovely time sunbathing, swimming in Lake Malawi (thanks for the speedy responses parents!) and generally relaxing until a 1pm lunch. At 2 we then paired up and loaded back into kayaks to go to 'the gap' where we found an island with a mysterious name and jumped off rocks. Georgie being the GG rebel that she is managed to scrape some very parallel lines onto her leg but soldiered on and still had a bunch of fun with the rest of us... Helping to create an 'island' (aka. Rock) called *low chesty groan* along with Liv and Grace and Millie. Grace's groan definitely being the best with funky head movements. The journey back was definitely an eventful one for all. Georgie and Millie nearly capsized the whole journey resulting in an 'accidental' trip into the water once their kayak finally overturned on our beach shores. Grace and (O)Liv(ia) created a fun game in their kayak of paddling way too close to the shore and trying to squeeze between all the gaps in the rocks and touching them all. Their near death experiences resulted in both crying with laughter and Liv creating an interesting surprise...
Once back on Domwe, everyone had a shower in the efficient shower which was boiling but only a little came out. It was interesting to try to bend to get the right bit of your body wet. Overall a really good and fun filled day and we finished it with a bonfire on the beach in the darkness making smores like the good girl guides we all are.
Looking forward to seeing you all on Sunday
Millie and Grace xxx