Date: 09.01.17
Blog entry date: 09.01.17
Distance: 51km
Odometer: 4 948km
Avg speed: 19.8km/hr
Time on bike: 2h34min
Problems: None
Flat tyre counter: 2 (Days 5&46)
Max speed of tour : 65.8km/hr (Day 14)
Longest day: 215km (Day 48)
Staying in a chalet at Makoya Village. Beautiful view over the lake. Makoya is built against a steep embankment, vaguely reminiscent of pictures I’ve seen of the Amalfi coast.
Shorter distance, but more hilly than expected. We however arrived early enough to still enjoy a breakfast at the restaurant. Got a chalet at a special rate and its nice to not pitch the tent for a change.
Along route cycled past a huge rubber tree plantation. Stopped to buy a “rubber ball” made entirely from rubber string.
Tomorrow we head to Mzuzu, the second largest city in Malawi. We expect a difficult climb up to almost 1 300m. We are also approaching 5 000km’s, another milestone and well over half-way of our expected 9 000km journey.
Thanks for all the support!
Willem and Eva
View of the route.
Lake view from Makoya village.
1000 HILLS FOR KLIPHEUWEL 
Hello Eva and Willem. Nearly 5000KM’s!!!! Now that is a long way to peddle. Well done guys. Love the pictures of the lake. It is a special place in Africa. Keep going, one rotation at a time.
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