The sun. No, the clouds are only pink on

top so it must be behind me. That's the

moon, at 6:30 in the morning

 

Walking path only:

down the Chidya plateau

 

 

Still the moon

 

 

Up the Makonde Plateau

 

 

Almost there

 

 

The long dirt road to Newala

 

 

It's not all easy: lots of sand...

 

And bumps. It's really not

too smooth anymore

 

 

Passing through villages

 

 

The slope where I fell

 

 

The spot I slid to

 

 

Some of the road is still good

 

I thought this dead tree looked

interesting trapped in corn

 

 

Continuing down; the road in the distance

is where you walk back up: very steep

 

 

Tall tree

 

At the bottom

View Panoramic

 

 

A goal post?

 

 

Sand; and lots of it-about 45 minutes

Scorched survivors of

'slash and burn' farming

View Panoramic

 

 

Good shade tree

 

 

Getting water on the plateau is not easy

 

Look at those bushes-a little out of place

View Panoramic

 

 

Off the road, into the corn fields

 

 

And mini forests

 

 

But mostly just corn fields

 

 

The houses of Newala-almost there!