After Cape Maclear we headed north to Nkhata Bay, another small village on Lake Malawi. Again, as you can see, it was a stunning setting. Beautiful sunsets right in front of you with hardly anyone else around. Talk about a romantic place! Rob took a kayak out and snapped some amazing photos of the fish eagle. We hung out with another couple from England who were doing a little trip around the east to check out some of the hotels as research for their future business. And the hotel owners were so kind that on our last night, they decided to make it extra romantic for us and put our dinner table out on the beach and lit by candlelight. The night was perfect, with the exception of one small problem... There are these swarms of insects that you can see out on the lake during the day that are ENORMOUS. Literally from miles away they look like huge plumes of smoke coming up out of the water. As they come on land, the locals take baskets and capture them and then grind them onto a paste and eat it for its protein value. Yummy... Well that night just a hatch came onland and you couldn't believe how many there were! They were everywhere - in your nose, your ears - but we stuck it out on the beach while everyone else locked themselves indoors. All I have to say is I am happy it was so dark out there cause I am sure I got way more protein than I would have liked out of that meal....
After Cape Maclear we headed north to Nkhata Bay, another small village on Lake Malawi. Again, as you can see, it was a stunning setting. Beautiful sunsets right in front of you with hardly anyone else around. Talk about a romantic place! Rob took a kayak out and snapped some amazing photos of the fish eagle. We hung out with another couple from England who were doing a little trip around the east to check out some of the hotels as research for their future business. And the hotel owners were so kind that on our last night, they decided to make it extra romantic for us and put our dinner table out on the beach and lit by candlelight. The night was perfect, with the exception of one small problem... There are these swarms of insects that you can see out on the lake during the day that are ENORMOUS. Literally from miles away they look like huge plumes of smoke coming up out of the water. As they come on land, the locals take baskets and capture them and then grind them onto a paste and eat it for its protein value. Yummy... Well that night just a hatch came onland and you couldn't believe how many there were! They were everywhere - in your nose, your ears - but we stuck it out on the beach while everyone else locked themselves indoors. All I have to say is I am happy it was so dark out there cause I am sure I got way more protein than I would have liked out of that meal.... 
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So the extra protein tasted ok.
rather you than me!
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