An Absolute Privilege

I met a lot of amazing and humbling people while I was in Malawi. None more so than Auphans, a farmer and carpenter I worked with. He invited me into his family home, which is in the middle of primary forest accessible only by foot, and then we went on an adventure. A real adventure. We went deep into the forest following baboon trails and river valleys on a quest to reach a huge and inaccessible waterfall, home to sacred bananas and deep pools. We walked past an ancient earth rampart overgrown with jungle, the site of a stand-off between warring tribes many moons ago. Auphans had never been right to the bottom of the falls because of the snakes. I was the first outsider ever to go to these places...an absolute privilege for many many reasons. Here's a small selection of photographs from this particular adventure, I wish I'd taken more but spent most of my time in awe of the landscape or concentrating on not falling down sheer drops. I will be updating the blog with more stuff very soon. Dan