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Enlightened by MalawiWith a full day of driving ahead, we hopped on the bus and headed for the border. After being hounded by people trying to exchange our left over Zambian currency, we got through customs and into Malawi. The first thing Posted by Cass - Lee in Cass & Lee's RTW Adventure | May 2, 2012
A bedtime story One morning the toast monster decided he wanted to go on a hunt. He was going to shoot some animals with his camera. He packed an overnight bag, and the camera, and Maya wolf, and got into the Monster. The Monster took Posted by TattoodDuck in Ducks Without Borders | Apr 30, 2012
Death of a PresidentOn Thursday the rumours started that the president had a cardiac arrest. In the office everyone passes them on, mobiles ringing. People are smiling, saying it’s the best thing that can happen to Malawi. The rumours are getting stronger, and Posted by TattoodDuck in Ducks Without Borders | Apr 15, 2012
בינגו מתאז ביום חמישי התחילו השמועות שהנשיא השנוא קיבל התקף לב. במשרד כולם מעבירים שמועות, טלפונים לפה ולשם. אנשים מחייכים, אומרים שזה הדבר הכי טוב שיכול לקרות למלאווי. השמועות מתחזקות, וכמה אתרים מתחילים לפרסם שבִּינגוּ אכן מת, אבל אין אישור רשמי. Posted by TattoodDuck in Ducks Without Borders | Apr 14, 2012
Reflections, and a giraffe It is important to say that our experiences last week are skewed by the fact that we are visiting with all the pomp and ceremony of visiting dignitaries. We Posted by TattoodDuck in Ducks Without Borders | Mar 25, 2012
Visiting the loos with the ChiefThis morning we are visiting communities who are part of the LDSP (Local Development Support Programme), which is aimed to benefit over 30,000 households – quite a big one... We are now escorted with staff from the Ntcheu office, which Posted by TattoodDuck in Ducks Without Borders | Mar 22, 2012
Energetic in PhalulaThis was an energy dominated day, where we travelled throughout villages in Balaka district, mainly around the main village of Phalula. We have both visited Balaka a couple of times before and already met most of the staff – Francisco, Posted by TattoodDuck in Ducks Without Borders | Mar 19, 2012
In to AfricaTwo weeks have passed since our last entry so we will have to cast our minds back... The lake was wonderful. As predicted swimming, snorkelling and doing very little dominated proceedings, with some eating and drinking thrown in for good measure. Posted by TattoodDuck in Ducks Without Borders | Mar 19, 2012
Day 154 – Lovely PeopleWe were armed with verbal directions to the waterfall and caves as we wandered through the garden trying to avoid the webs of the Kite Spider that had been strung across the path. Our misuse of directions had essentially led Posted by ibeamish in The Scramble for Africa | Mar 14, 2012
Day 153 – Livingstonia – The MissionLivingstonia is a mission that was founded in 1875 by the Free Church of Scotland. The mission had originally been based in Cape Maclear at the southern end of Lake Malawi, but the malaria transmitting mosquitoes were maintaining a high Posted by ibeamish in The Scramble for Africa | Mar 14, 2012
On PeopleGetting to understand Africa, its many customs and its sometimes subtly different, sometimes harshly different, ways of life, along with its marked successes and its well publicised problems is a difficult task. The world is westernising: and why not? Get Posted by ibeamish in The Scramble for Africa | Mar 14, 2012
The lake and a bit about work We feel like travellers again! Writing this sitting under a thatched roof on the beach, looking across Lake Malawi, drinking a huge pot of coffee and slowing Posted by TattoodDuck in Ducks Without Borders | Mar 2, 2012
TIADon’t really know what to write about today. We have spent the last week working with the youth in the area training them in running the childrens centre (now called Future Vision!) and carrying on with our usual projects with Posted by TradingCountry in Trading Countries | Mar 1, 2012
Lazy weekendOn Saturday we go out with the car which is exciting in itself! We go to Mandala House, the first brick house in Malawi, built around 1896. There is a coffee shop on the grounds and it looks like all Posted by TattoodDuck in Ducks Without Borders | Feb 28, 2012
First week at the officeWe’re adjusting to the different cycle. We wake up early, with the sun, around 6, 6.30am, go to bed anytime between 8.30-10pm. Walk to work is about 20 minutes, not to fast as not to sweat too much, get there Posted by TattoodDuck in Ducks Without Borders | Feb 27, 2012
Settling inGetting to know Blantyre and its people. The CBD (City Business District, or city centre) has three parallel streets, Victoria is where every second building is a bank. Most buildings are small, but there are a few that are maybe Posted by TattoodDuck in Ducks Without Borders | Feb 26, 2012
Lilongwe, Thursday afternoonGoing out of the airport in Lilongwe was the most relaxed transport experience we had in a developing country, ever. One person gave us a leaflet, and that was it. No dozens of taxi drivers pulling and shoving, no-one trying Posted by TattoodDuck in Ducks Without Borders | Feb 26, 2012
The buildupWe’re here. We’re finally here. We went to India for 4 weeks in December 2010. It was awesome, and the excitement of being in new country, experiencing a different culture and all the little things that go with it, made Posted by TattoodDuck in Ducks Without Borders | Feb 26, 2012
Day 150 – 152 – Five Months and Flying We woke and Somers declared she would be swimming to the island one kilometre off shore from Kande Beach. I declared that I’d be sat waiting for her return whilst watching another movie on the laptop. Laura did swim out, Posted by ibeamish in The Scramble for Africa | Feb 26, 2012
Day 149 – We Want Kande Our journey north had resumed. From today on we’d be reaching degrees of latitude untraveled since our drive began; how exciting. I doubt very much that Kande Beach took its name from the local dialect; but since we don’t Posted by ibeamish in The Scramble for Africa | Feb 26, 2012
Day 148 – Farewell to our ‘Hero’It was home time for Post. We dropped him at the airport and tears almost flowed, hearts almost broke and time almost stood still. But time didn’t quite stand still as we had to get back into town and sort Posted by ibeamish in The Scramble for Africa | Feb 26, 2012
Day 147 – Road-Side GoatSadly Posts’ time with us was coming to an end. We had a drive to get back to Lilongwe but not before Post did some United Nations style ‘water pump posing’ with the children laughing at a mazungu pumping his Posted by ibeamish in The Scramble for Africa | Feb 26, 2012
Day 146 – All At Sea: When Kayaking Goes Wrong We’d thought about hiring some kayaks to do a bit of our own exploring and the previous day we’d visited Kayak Africa to get some prices. Walking back to Fat Monkeys we’d bumped into two local guys who thought they Posted by ibeamish in The Scramble for Africa | Feb 26, 2012
Day 145 – Doing Nothing We spent the day relaxing; starting with double rum and cokes at ten o’clock. We tried bartering for some paintings with a chap named ‘Gift’ but he didn’t seem overly happy at our low starting price versus his hugely inflated Posted by ibeamish in The Scramble for Africa | Feb 26, 2012
Day 144 – Cruising the LakeWe’d met a group of medical students whilst we were at Fat Monkeys as well as a guy called Sheldon whom we’d first encountered in Jollyboys back in Livingstone, Zambia. He’s riding around the world on his BMW bike (rideforsmiles.com) Posted by ibeamish in The Scramble for Africa | Feb 26, 2012

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