Pedro's Lodge Blantyre

... bits on little ones that liked to swim right up to your mask). We also spotted a catfish and some crabs, which look funny under water standing up with their eyes on stalks above their heads! But the course wasn't just diving, we got given a text book the day before we started the course and had to read the whole thing (and do an exam) before we finished - when I wrote last time that we'd been hanging out on the beach ...

... people before. We literally got surrounded everytime we landed and ended up putting up tents and cooking absolutely surrounded by over 100 people and children, with more running down the beach...crazy! But we have met some lovely people along the way and I can honestly say I am amazed by the hospitality and friendliness of the Malawi people. As yet ...

... girls don't finish their high school education. Some get married and have kids. They lack skills and struggle to get find any work, let a lone a job. Manes Chirwa is over 30 and married with four children without a high school diploma. But with a LifeNets scholarship, she's now accomplishing this achievement. At Love of God Private Secondary School, Manes will soon take exams to finish her senior year and earn the Malawi School Certificate of Education needed to get a job. You ...

Hello everyone. Things are going fine here, but sadly, on Sunday, we lost another baby. Patrick was 8 months old and was one of the sweetest, happiest babies here. He died at Open Arms in the arms of one of the caregivers and it was really shocking because we didn't realize he was that sick. I had just given him kisses and was holding his hand a few hours before, so I was completely shocked when I heard the news. That's 2 babies now ...

... of the city. If I do get time I will post some pictures, but with the rains the power is very unreliable. Someone said to me yesterday that Malawi is a place that you love or hate. I have met those that hate it here and those that love it. I know I fall in the love it category. It has become an almost magical place to be. Even with the chaos the people I have met have made ...

... that has no funding and is extremely poor. We are going to be there from about 8am-2pm to see how it is run and to play with the kids. The children there are 2.5-7 years old and it is only a daytime orphanage. The children go to their villages at night, but many of them have no family, others have extended family that they stay with. They are desperately in need to donations in case anyone is ...

... up against me. Janice you will appreciate this- the camels had mange! Who knew camels could get mange!! They looked freaky like zoey used to! From there we went to the Blantyre nature reserve and saw what they call rock rabbits. They didn't actually look like rabbits and we also saw monkeys! We also learned you can see hyenas if you come at night and bring meat! On Tuesday we went back with meat and got to go on a walk through the bush ...

Whilst I was working in Tanzania I spent a week down in Blantyre looking after some volunteers and supervising the projects. I landed at Blantyre airport which is one of the most basic airports that I had been to with very basic facilities and equipment. I was picked up by my collueges friend who took me to my accommodation Kubula Lodge. Malawi is one of the poorest countries in Africa and the journey from the ...

... all of whom I talked to for a little while, <br> everybody was so friendly! Not pushy and no hidden intentions like I found <br> a lot in Indonesia, and they always wish you a pleasant stay in their <br> country when they get off the bus. At a certain point a lady with her <br> baby was sitting next to me, and the ...