Leo in Malawi: March 16 - Mzuzu Downtown

Updated with little bit more text both in English and Croatian on March 18 at 5:30 PM (GMT+1)

Today was my first free day so I decided to walk to downtown and back, like Jeff would like do it. It what cloudy so I took an umbrella, however there was no a drop of rain. I noticed that no matter how cloudy is, it usually rains in the afternoon or during the night. Anyway, I had a few kilometers and a few hours long walk to downtown and back. I took some pictures and it was so hot when I came back that another shower was necessary. I replenished my water and had an orange and apple.

Saturday morning was cloudy so I took an umbrella and went to downtown Mzuzu. It had been hotter than I expected and I tried to walk in the shade whenever it was possible. The walk took three hours and when I came back I was so hot and sweaty. The last part of walking was uphill so that contributed additionally to my sweating. I got a little bit red colour in my face and on my arms. However, I got Vaseline Aloe lotion and I generously applied it a few times on the affected areas (I was so greeeeasy). I drank a lot of water too. I underestimated African sun even when it was partly cloudy and I forgot how close Malawi is to the equator. Nowadays, instead of taking an umbrella when I go for a walk, I take a hat. It does not rain even when the clouds are heavy.

Danas je bio moj prvi slobodan dan pa sam odsetao do centra Mzuzua, kao sto bi i Jeff napravio. Izgledalo je oblacno pa sam uzeo kisobran za svaki slucaj, ali nije pala ni kap kise. Primjetio sam da bez obzira koliko oblacno izgleda ujutro, kisa samo pada popodne ili za vrijeme noci. U svakom slucaju u roku od nekoliko sati napravio sam nekoliko kilometara do centra i nazad. Uzbrdica na kraju puta sa vlaznoscu u zraku me je prilicno oznojila; ponovni tus je bio neizbjezan. Napravio sam par slika te sam popio dosta vode te pojeo lokalnu jabuku i narancu.

U subotu ujutro je bilo oblaco te sam uzeo kisobran i uputio se u centar Mzuzua. Bilo je vruce i sparno pa sam pokusao da hodam u hladu kada god je to bilo moguce. Setnja je potrajala tri sata i kada sam se vratio bio sam vruc i oznojen. Posljednji dio setnje je bio uzbrdo sto je doprinijelo mom konacnom stanju. Pocrvenio sam malo po licu i rukama, ali sam imao sa sobom Vaseline Aloe losion te sam ga primjenio velikodusno par puta (bio sam tako mastan). Popio sam i dosta vode da ne dehidriram. Potcijenio sam africko sunce jer je bilo oblacno i zaboravio sam koliko je Malawi blizu ekvatora. Sada kada idem u setnju umjesto kisobrana sa sobom nosim sesir.