Lilongwe, Malawi
Trip Start
Jun 08, 2008
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Trip End
Aug 15, 2008
Lilongwe,
Malawi
Thursday, June 26, 2008
Once again I feel at least somewhat vindicated by the fact that the main carousers from last night's party spent the entire five hours of our journey to Malawi's capital Lilongwe sleeping on the floor of the truck. What a waste of a trip, although I'm sure they don't see it that way.
We arrived in Lilongwe in the late afternoon and rushed off for a quick, late and very expensive lunch (six and a half bucks for a chicken sandwich, french fries and a coke) and a visit of the local supermarkets to stock up on "munchies and crunchies", as our tour guide Sammy calls snacks. I found some fantastic whole wheat bread and muesli to add a bit of substance to our fairly lame breakfasts. After that I just walked around exploring the very modest center of this very modest capital until we regrouped for the short ride to our campsite. Arriving in the cold just before dark, I was not able to set up my tent until after dark due to being on the committee for unloading the groceries that we had just bought for the group at the supermarket in town. By now, though, Jace and I are so good at setting up the tent that we could do it with our eyes closed.
After a decent dinner (actually all of the meals have been decent - if not fantastic), I had one of the coldest showers of my life. (Didn't I say that just a few days ago as well? In any case, it was even colder this time.) And once again I got a feeling of satisfaction from having been able to do it. That being said, I've had enough of the satisfaction that comes from successfully completing cold showers. I'm ready to experience a hot one again.
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$6 for lunch - I just got back from Manhattan - That's not even the tip.