Waiting for the Jetty
I was determined to travel to Likoma Island on Lake Malawi in 2015 and experience the amazing views that the Island has to offer. My two work colleagues from my employer at the time the Malawi Broadcasting Corporation Steve Balaleya and Thoko Kamwanja had assured me of a hearty welcome from their relatives on the Island. So, my two children Vithero and Takondwa and I travelled to Mzuzu, to visit my mother in-law en-route to Likoma. After the welcoming pleasantries, I informed her I intended to travel to Likoma with the kids. She looked at me, then at the kids who at the time were eight and nine and told me there’s no jetty on Likoma Island. “I know,” I replied. TK and Vithero watch people load their goods on the Illala "I’ve been told that there are boats that ferry people to the shores of Lake Malawi,” I continued. “True, but with the kids I do not think it is a ...