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This is more like it! A quick two hour bus journey and we were at Malawi's economic capital. Jumping of the bus we saw a backpackers' hostel 100 yards down the road and struck gold. The place was nice with a pool and bar etc. It was also perfectly placed to explore Blantyre. The first day was spent relaxing by the pool but then the next day we thought we should do something cultural and decided we'd go down to the Museum of Malawi. Not exacty the biggest of museums (one room) but interesting enough with centre stage a bush transported from the local game reserve and an (incorrectly) labelled waterbuck.
That night there were hundreds of people crammed into the bar to hear a band formed of some long term guests play. Within ten minutes the place was empty. Got to feel for the guys - I'd heard them saying this was their first show! Still try mixing Nirvana and Jack Johnson and you can see what went wrong...
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