Club Makokola Lilongwe

... a book for two bracelets just for the fun of it. We stopped a bit further on to go to the toilet and some children came over to see us out of curiosity. They were so skinny and dressed in rags. This is one of the poorest countries I have been to. Its very sad. <br><br>We got to the campsite at lunchtime and after our lunch we ventured outside to the curio stalls. They sell all sorts of wooden carvings. There was some fantastic stuff that I loved but couldn't ...

... hours and arrived at the capital of Malawi a town called Lilongwe. It was here we did a big food shop and met up with Emma and Paul who had travelled from Dar Es Salaam after getting their passports replaced. It was great to see them and the group felt whole again as we caught up with theirs and our stories. We camped at Mubaya campsite that night.

... emails and cards, especially thank you cyfa for your card, you made me cry you horrible people! Really strange to be all the way over here for my birthday, but it was a really really good day, we went out for breakfast AND lunch, involving sneaking undercover into an exclusive golf club, and did more shopping (the "its my birthday!" argument is a WINNER with the guys on the market, should have saved all my shopping for then and got the birthday discounts! I even had half the ...

... kids opted to stay at the lodge) went in town for a spot of shopping. Well when I say shopping I really mean going to buy the bare necessities. We found the biggest chemist in town which is as big as a broom closet. It was just next to the book shop... not much bigger and only stocking second hand books left by travellers or donated by charities. We then drove to "foodworth", it ...

... Madonna stays when she goes shopping for babies. Fantastic place with the best cheese bacon tomato toasted sandwich. Margaret is still slightly sick we have got a lot of washing to do so tonight is not going to be restful at all. We are all so tired it is not funny anymore. We need to sleep so badly that after an early dinner we went to bed and straight to sleep.

... As I write we are just about to head out to play a spot of golf on the Lilongwe golf course. We are going to pretend to be Pros although neither of us have had ANY golf experience so it should be funny.. <br><br>We head to Blantyre tomorrow just in time for the free Wednesday beer tour at Calsberg Brewery (with apparently a free crate of beer at the end... <br><br>Then we should be climbing a mountain (in fancy dress)<br><br><br>

... it. It was wonderful! It had big comfy beds, elecricity, hot showers (much better than ours at home), full working kitchen, large dining room and free internet!! It felt like luxury because we were all expecting something really basic since it was at the bottom of a mountain!!<br>Early Saturday morning we set off for our hike! It was quite cool and misty but we were relieved because a hot sun would have made it twice as hard. It was tough. Really really tough! We had a porter and a ...

... all in our most horrible classes but they all went soooooo much better than we thought they would, especially in comparison to last week, so prayer really really works! Actually feeling really sad to be leaving some of the schools, we've built some really good relationships with some kids it will be sad to leave them! But we have had SO much positive feedback about what we've been teaching and things, from the teachers and from the students, so its really really fab. <br ...

... praying that God will land something in front of us that he really wants us to be a part of...we have about four or five weeks to fill and would really appreciate your prayers sabout that!<br>Otherwise what have we dont this week....we have had a bit of a spring cleaning week purging the house of horrible bugs and cobwebs...chores like washing clothes by hand in the cold water sink outside have now definitely lost their novelty and are a PAIN now :p, as is food ...

... outside town, a very nice lodge / camp run by Dutch people. <br> About the most expensive one in its league, but well worth it. They have <br> a great restaurant with varying menu as well. <br><br> Here I ran into a group of Dutch package tour travellers and their guide, <br> a Dutch woman a little older than me. We got talking and they invited <br> me to come clubbing with them that ...