Livingstonia

After trekking across the Nyika Plateau (next post!) we stumbled (quite literally: it was hot, we were tired, and this was on the top of the hill) into the town of Livingstonia, a municipality created by Scottish missionaries at the turn of the century to convert and educate the locals as well as play a part in the stopping of the slave trade. It's a surreal place that at times makes you think you're in (at least what I imagine to be) a tiny English town on a cross roads. There's a big church:

The light inside was fantastic, especially in a meeting room in the back:

And the stained glass in the front:

We met a few English medical students who were serving at the local hospital for two months. They were staying in the founder's old house, appropriately named The Stone House:

We soon said goodbye to our guide Chip (more on him later) and headed over to the local university which was made up of beautiful brick archways, one after another:

Next it was the the city center where we had a tea and a scone and quick one way ticket to rural England and back:

After enjoying the little town for a few hours, we hiked to our resting place for the night, Lukwe, a stunning lodge perched 4,000 feet above the lake. Photos tomorrow!