Malawi a small poor African country once considered a jungle is now nearly treeless. “Where did all the trees go?” Before making our journey north from South Africa Russ read a book about Malawi. An early explorer from about a hundred years ago traversed the jungles of this small African country. He writes of thick undergrowth, mountains teeming with wildlife, lush green and hundreds of birds. Russ awaited our time in Malawi with great anticipation. Clear cut land. Burnt trees. Dry fields. Dusty roads. Even the supposed forests in the mountain areas of Mulanje, Zomba and Chelinda have only few…