We also spent two days camping on the shores of Lake Tangynika.  It was amazing.  I felt like I was at Lake Michigan with the addition of mountains and crocodiles.  Okay, I didn't actually see any crocs, but they are around.  We went swimming anyway.  I got to kayak too.  Hoping we missed the bilharzia and cholera.

We climbed a very rough trail to get to Kalambo Falls, the second tallest falls in Africa.  It was two hours up 5 kilometers.  In the picture below Christine is standing, not kneeling behind me.

The rest of the trail looked mostly like this.  Ten foot grass with a minimal path.  Christine and I were huffing and puffing while Lovemore was singing! Our young men guides were always in front of us so we kept pushing, thinking we were holding them back.  After reaching the Falls, they said we were one of the fastest groups ever.  Some even turn back part way up (I completely understand why).  On the way down they were impressed we only stopped twice because some people stop 10 times for 20 minutes at a time.  I told them if I stopped for that long on the way down, I wouldn't get started again.  Our legs felt like jello.  You could see them shaking.  "You are strong ladies."

                                                                View from the top.

And then come along these guys carrying large, heavy objects on their heads.  I could barely balance carrying only a small back pack and needed to use hands and legs to crawl over some rocks.  We met them going the opposite direction on the way back too.  Gotta have speakers for the party!

Truly is amazing the strength of these people.  Daily they go up this mountain to get to their fields on the plateau.  I maybe able to share some medicine and advice about nutrition, but they can teach me a lot about exercise and persistence.  I more fully understand what the family means when they ask me to make a house call because the patient is too sick to walk to clinic.  

And finally the reward for all that work.  The Kalambo River falling 220 meters. We were watching the birds fly below us...you know you're high up when.  Tanzania is just across the river.

 Amazing tree.  Insert comment about tenacity.

Completely unrelated to the Falls but related to Mpulungu.  Here's the Zambian version of fish and chips.  You can compare it to my previous picture of fish n chips in London.  No, I did not eat the head.  The birds and worms need something.