Hostellerie de France Blantyre

After the bumpiest matola ride yet we are now in Blantyre, our final Malawian destination. It's Malawi's "second" city, but there is much more going on than in Lilongwe.<br><br>We spent the day basking in the joys of internet access and readily available food and beer and discovering that the Mozambique Consulate was closed for the day due to the elections taking place. We heard they had also closed the border and were slightly worried that we would be ...

... they were hiding : ( (We'd seen one far off through binoculars the previous evening, which was to be our only sighting). We did see a cape buffalo though, so that's one of the big five, and lots of antelope type animals - impala by the dozen, sable, bushbuck, waterbuck. Oh, and a hippo on land!<br><br>After Liwonde we went to Zomba which, being much higher, was blissfully cooler (so, 30 degrees instead of 35!) Zomba ...

... aggressively went around the room demanding passports from everyone. The guy on the bed next to us had cannabis on his bed which he managed to cover up without them noticing. We handed over our passport and they were checked. Another guy in our dorm (who was still drunk) was arrested for having an expired visa. He was supposed to be deported after spending a day in jail but we saw him ...

... of good courage" to do "big things." Just a little lesson I've learned on this adventure. Lilongwe members of UCG, LifeNets beneficiaries and I will say goodbye and celebrate our short time together on Saturday night. They have taught me so much about living and working in a developing country. About family and faith. And overcoming. There are still many more LifeNets scholarship and business grant recipients. In my next and final entry, you'll see a photo gallery and list of ...

... villages and distribute this supplement which is basically fortified peanut butter, to the malnourished orphans. They are also doing research and constantly trying to make the supplement better. I will be gone with him from 5:30am-7:30pm and it should be an interesting experience. I won't be able to write again before I go home, but I will do one last entry once I'm back in the States.

... do songs and greet each other in English, then they have school where they have all of the different subjects and they learn one subject each day. After that, they have an hour of free play, then songs and games, then lunch, nap, and more activities in the afternoon. If anyone would like to make donations, here is the contact information....Please e-mail them and double check the mailing address to be sure. Orphan Care Malawi PO ...

... me. He was so cute!! Then we hitched a ride with a group of Europeans that were on a tour of Malawi. They took us 2 hours to Liwonde where we spent the night in a horrible motel. Tuesday morning we took bicycle taxis for over an hour through rural villages to get to the boat that would transfer us across the river to the safari camp. The whole was through the villages, all of the kids were ...

... they think I look innocent and would not get caught. I shut that idea down VERY quickly. Crazy people! I am officially on a reggae recording for a band in Malawi! I went into a studio with one of my friends and he had me play some keyboard for tracks a band is using. None of them can read music so I helped them out and I will get to be on a cd! I almost stepped on one of the most poisonous snakes in the country over the weekend. My ...

... the orphanage. The orphanage where the volunteers was working was very run down, it was not such an orphanage in a way as more of a day care centre which comprised of one small room and lots of children. The children all lived in the local township and could not afford the school fees so would come to the orphanage in the day to get education from the teachers at the orphanage. People had told me about the ...

... because <br> after the wonderful African bus trip the hotel I stayed at was a completely <br> westernised one! White people everywhere (even the personnel), Portishead <br> and Morcheeba blasting from the loud speakers, lots of beer and parties <br> and stunningly beautiful local prostitutes who you'd see disappearing <br ...