How many people fit in the back of a pick up truck?

23. Or at least that's when the truck stopped picking people up when Nick (another Amer. volunteer) and I hitched a ride back to Mangochi from Nkopola lodge. To be fair one of the passengers was a baby.

Both Nick and I thought the same thing everytime we picked up a passenger: This has to be it, we can't possibly fit more people, but sure enough we kept pulling over. People are crammed everywhich way onto the truck, and we even had to move someone's basket onto the roof (where another passenger held it in place).

Perhaps the most amazing thing about this commute, is that it wasn't out of the ordinary at all. That's how most people get around. I'm sure I will enclose a picture at some point.

Also of note from this trip was that we swam in Lake Malawi, it's wonderfully warm. And a monkey stole my package of cookies from my backpack!!