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Africa » Malawi » Central » Lilongwe February 1st 2014

Sorry for the long delay.... I have been quite busy and very tired, (I have almost a nap a day). But not today (Friday)!! I was going to post this yesterday but as fates had it there was no electricity and therefore no internet to do much, except to write it and wait for the internet, yet it never came... so here we are on Friday the 30th January 2014.... So this week has been a tiny bit crazy. I have been at the nursery school this week until today (Friday) where I spent the morning at Glad Tidings the orphanage where Emily did her beautiful paintings, (they still remember you!) This week at the nursery I had my 1st spontaneous lesson with the children. It was at lunch time, we were waiting for the nsima ... read more
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The view from our bolder
My new garden

Africa » Malawi » Central » Senga Bay January 30th 2014

Tour du propriétaire vidéo à l'arrache ... read more

Africa » Malawi » Central » Lilongwe January 27th 2014

I had a wonderful day today at the nursery just looking and observing, they have asked me to do something tomorrow so I will bring in the parachute and play with that. They have beautiful grounds, where the kids can swing, play football, catch and other great outside games that do not involve many objects and things. Inside the classroom there are only 5 tables and about 6 chairs to each table, so some of the children had to sit on the floor mats that were made of straw, (I didn't bring my camera today annoyingly so there are no pics yet). There were about 35 children in the classroom ranging from 3-6 years old. The classroom has no toys so the children have to sit and listen to the teacher. I didn't see any of ... read more

Africa » Malawi » Central » Lilongwe January 26th 2014

The day I left was Mum's birthday, we had celebrated a bit the night before so Emily could join in. In the morning Emily left and I finished my last minute packing. When all the bags and suitcases were finally closed (after a lot of effort) we had a phone call from Dad saying that the big car will not start. Sir Robin and the Van were just too small to fit all my stuff, Jess's weekend stuff, Mum and Dad's things for the wedding and all 4 of us! So we were screwed! Thankfully Mum had a wonderful idea of phoning Sam, as he has a massive car that will happily fit all of our things in and us, with a lot more space! After all that drama as it took over an hour to ... read more

Africa » Malawi » Northern » Nyika Plateau January 15th 2014

Sorry but another very late post, it seems to be the way of things with this blog. Uploading photo's here when the power can go off at any minute and where the internet is painfully slow doesn't help my cause one bit. Anyway, during Mid December I went with Megan (another volunteer at Butterfly) to Nyika N.P which is in the NW of Malawi. The park itself straddles the Zambian border and boasts an array of game and wildlife, although spotting some of the big 5 is incredibly challenging. The National Park is the largest in Malawi and it's huge expansive rolling grasslands are home to Zebra, Reedbuck and Bushbuck, Eland and Roan Antelope, all of which you are guaranteed to see in the park. And that we did. Despite not being home to some of ... read more
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Africa » Malawi » Northern » Mzuzu January 15th 2014

This is a rather late post so I do apologise. This particular trip was my first venture away from Butterfly and Nkhata Bay back in November. Having resided by the Lake for some 4 weeks, I decided at the time to head north and inland to Livingstonia via Mzuzu and Chitimba. This turned out to be a great decision and I had a thoroughly enjoyable weekend. After volunteering on the Friday morning, I caught a shared taxi with Zoe to Mzuzu for 1200 kwacha. Mzuzu is the main city in Northern Malawi and is the administrative Capital of the whole Northern region. The journey takes approximately 45 minutes as it is only 40km away from the Lake. Minibuses which are slightly cheaper and the shared taxi's ply this route on a daily basis and there is ... read more

Africa » Malawi » Southern » Blantyre December 12th 2013

Geo: -15.7922, 35.0079Le voyage du retour n'estgénéralement pas la plus palpitante des choses et encore moins la plus motivante. Pourquoi donc s'y attarder ? Peut-être parce que le Malawi parait plus loin que le bout du monde et on tarde donc de voir le bout du voyage… Mais surtout parce que l'aéroport international de Blantyre n'est pas exactement fidèle à l'idée de ce que l'on pourrait se faire de ce genre d'établissement, même en Afrique !Mais commençons depuis le début… Nous avons de chouettes amis au Malawi qui nous proposent gentiment de nous amener à l'aéroport. On est prévenu que l'aéroport est petit, mais il y a possibilité de s'y restaurer (notre vol partant à 15 heures, un petit quelque chose pour le d&ici... read more
Elena au check in
Bureau d'Ethiopian Airlines et boutique souvenir
Depuis l'avion

Africa » Malawi » Northern » Nkhata Bay December 11th 2013

More pictures. Sorry for the backlog. Pictures include: Butterfly Space, Sunsets, Chikhale Beach, Luskwe - cliff jumping and more... read more
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Africa » Malawi December 11th 2013

Geo: -15.386, 35.3188Dernier jour au Malawi... (snif !) Pas grand chose au programme, petit déjeuner sur la terrasse en profitant de la vue et de la douceur des matins de décembre, puis tour en ville.Zomba est l'ancienne capitale du Malawi, c'est une chouette petite ville bien animée, dans laquelle on peut se balader tranquillement sans risquer de glisser sur une plaque de verglas... Mais par contre, les trous et autres anfractuosités ne manquent pas pour faire trébucher les piéton distrait. Un petit tour au supermarché où tout le personnel, sécuritas compris, porte son bonnet de père-Noël... Puis au marché (pas super, mais plus local), c'est comme les marchés de Noël que nous n'aurons pas fréquentés en Suisse (enfin... presque)... On y trouve de tout, mais sur... read more
Terrasse de Casa Rossa

Africa » Malawi December 10th 2013

Geo: -15.386, 35.3188Après un dernier "walk & drive in the bush" et un solide petit déjeuner, nous attaquons notre dernier déplacement avant notre retour en Suisse. Une heure et demi de taxi pour retourner à Blantyre, un bain de foule à la gare routière puis une bonne heure de matola pour rejoindre Zomba… Enfin… en Afrique les surprises ne manquent jamais et à mi-chemin nous sommes invité à descendre du minibus (dans lequel nous aurions été presque bien installé si nous n'avions pas eu nos bagages sur les genoux) pour monter dans un grand bus quasi vide et assez confortable mais pas bien rapide. Qu'importe, nous avons le temps. Arrivé à Zomba, le bus n'est pas encore arrêté que nous avons déjà un taxi pour nous monter à Ca... read more
Casa Rossa




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