{"id":198,"date":"2010-07-09T04:16:07","date_gmt":"2010-07-09T04:16:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.capetocairo2010.co.za\/?p=198"},"modified":"2011-09-22T14:16:17","modified_gmt":"2011-09-22T14:16:17","slug":"9-july-day-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.capetocairo2010.co.za\/?p=198","title":{"rendered":"9 July (Day 10)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today was a TRUE rest day! We are at the Livingstonia Beach Hotel in Senga Bay which I have come to think of as one of the closest things to paradise that I have ever found. The hotel is virtually deserted because its out of season and this location is breathtaking.<\/p>\n<p>We have become accustomed to 5.30am wake up and today was no exception so after an early breakfast we devoted time to the bikes to get them washed and generally maintained before settling into a very lazy day of too much sun, food and cold beer.<\/p>\n<p>We are currently 1 day ahead of schedule which we would like to retain so that we can get an additional day in at the Ngorogoro crater in Tanzania which we will get to in about a weeks time.<\/p>\n<p>Tomorrow we sadly depart Senga Bay for Nkhata Bay, approximately 330km north of here along the lake.<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cwhere are we now\u201d page is not currently updating because cell signal is lousy so although we are currently in Malawi (trust me on this one), the page still says we are in Eastern Zambia\u2026hopefully this will rectify itself tomorrow.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.capetocairo2010.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_0539.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px\" title=\"\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.capetocairo2010.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_0539_thumb.jpg\" width=\"649\" height=\"492\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>The warrior (right) and the troll being washed and maintained.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.capetocairo2010.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/09072010213.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px\" title=\"09072010213\" border=\"0\" alt=\"09072010213\" src=\"http:\/\/www.capetocairo2010.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/09072010213_thumb.jpg\" width=\"649\" height=\"490\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Senga Bay<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.capetocairo2010.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/09072010216.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px\" title=\"09072010216\" border=\"0\" alt=\"09072010216\" src=\"http:\/\/www.capetocairo2010.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/09072010216_thumb.jpg\" width=\"649\" height=\"490\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Senga Bay<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.capetocairo2010.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/090720102151.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px\" title=\"09072010215\" border=\"0\" alt=\"09072010215\" src=\"http:\/\/www.capetocairo2010.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/09072010215_thumb1.jpg\" width=\"649\" height=\"490\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Ancient Baobab tree growing right on the waters edge.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.capetocairo2010.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_0551.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px\" title=\"\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.capetocairo2010.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_0551_thumb.jpg\" width=\"646\" height=\"488\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Local Fishermen.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.capetocairo2010.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/09072010222.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px\" title=\"09072010222\" border=\"0\" alt=\"09072010222\" src=\"http:\/\/www.capetocairo2010.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/09072010222_thumb3.jpg\" width=\"648\" height=\"855\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Kuche Kuche..Essential daily sustenance whilst in Malawi!!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.capetocairo2010.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_0535.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px\" title=\"\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.capetocairo2010.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_0535_thumb2.jpg\" width=\"649\" height=\"490\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Malawian coal vendor\u2026Its a living.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.capetocairo2010.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_0584.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px\" title=\"\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.capetocairo2010.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_0584_thumb.jpg\" width=\"646\" height=\"488\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Senga Bay<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today was a TRUE rest day! 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