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Blair High trip to Malawi - Blairgowrie High School

13 of us from Blairgowrie High School are making the trip of a lifetime to Malawi. We are going to help to build the second block of a primary school and help teach the children lessons such as english and outdoor activities. Our second week will invlove going on Safari in Zambia.

Going on the trip are, Danielle, Stef, Laura, Lindsey, Rachel, Lynsey, Michelle, Euan, Ben, Greg, Calum, Steven and Lawrence...and of course Ross and Mrs Clark!

Anyone want to add anything else??? :)

Just under 2 weeks left to go...it's mental! Can't wait for the big strap marks with our ball dresses ladies haha! Oh and guys...good luck with wearing trousers there!

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By Blair High trip to Malawi
June 27th 2008

Home Sweet Home! Europe » United Kingdom » Scotland

After a very long and amazing two weeks in Malawi, we finally got home. We were all very excited and eager to see our friends and families who were there at the school to greet us off the bus. Luckily, we all received our bags on the way back and had a pretty smooth journey. Even the 6 hour wait in Kenya and the 4 hour wait in Amsterdam seemed to fly by! We passed the time in the airports buying final gifts for ourselves, families and friends, watching DVD's and playing cards. Our first day back was used to recover [View Full Entry]

By Blair High trip to Malawi
June 22nd 2008

Zambian Safari Africa » Zambia » South Luangwa

Sunrise
One of the many beautiful sunrises we saw on safari

After a few days of relaxation in Liliongwe, we set off for a 7 hour journey to Zambia. After about 2 hours we reached the borders where we spent roughly an hour filling in forms and getting our passports stamped. Soon after that we stopped for lunch, the safari company provided us with huge cheese sandwiches...we couldn't even fit them in our mouths! After we left from lunch, we soon hit dirk track roads and in the landrovers it was an extremely bumpy journey. The poor road conditions ensured that none of us got any sleep and were all knackered by [View Full Entry]

By Blair High trip to Malawi
June 18th 2008

Lilongwe Africa » Malawi » Central » Lilongwe

After a farewell meal with Rev Levi Nyondo and his family we left Mzuzu on Tuesday morning to go on another long bus journey back to Lilongwe. Here we are staying in the Sunbird Hotel, although our stay in Mzuzu was wonderful, it is lovely to get a proper bed and we are getting our clothes washed which is such a luxury. After the dusty road at Vwaza Marsh the day before it wasn't just our clothes we were needing to wash!! Today, we have done some shopping at the market - bet you all can't wait to see the presents [View Full Entry]

By Blair High trip to Malawi
June 16th 2008

Vwaza Marsh Game Reserve Africa » Malawi » Northern » Mzuzu

The Girls
Here we are, just infront of many herds of elephants making their way down to the watering hole.

Today, Monday, we went to Vwaza Marsh Game Reserve. It was fantastic, we have never seen so many elephants together in their herds it was an amazing sight. We also saw hippos and monkeys. It was very dry and dusty and we were covered in dust from the road we were travelling on. It has been very sunny and hot today. This evening we have been invited to Rev. Levi Neyondo's home to have a meal with his family. Thanks everyone who is leaving messages and comments, its really nice to get them. Thanks. Speak soon! [View Full Entry]

By Blair High trip to Malawi
June 14th 2008

Rest and relaxation Africa » Malawi » Northern » Mzuzu

Beach
The beach was beautiful as you can see. We had a very enjoyable day relaxing here

We have been enjoying two days of rest. Yesterday (Friday) we went to the beach, it was truly the most beautiful beach we have ever seen, we wanted to stay there but the people we are staying with prefer it if we return back to base but that's fine by us. On the journey there we stopped off at a place where there were lots of wood carvings for us to buy as well as pictures and other gifts to take home. We did lots of bartering with the people selling the goods and, on one occasion, managed to buy a [View Full Entry]

By Blair High trip to Malawi
June 12th 2008

Hard work and sport Africa » Malawi » Northern » Mzuzu

Netball
Action shot of the girls playing netball

Yesterday we went Geisha school to continue working on the school block by painting it with lime protector.We then went back in the afternoon where the girls played netball with local Malawian girls and the boys played football against local malawian boys. Unfortunately both teams got beaten! At night we went out for tea to a indian restuarant, it was ok, service was a tad slow though. Today we went to Masasa high school and were given a tour of the premises. We were also given the opportunity to sit in a lesson of either RS or maths. We were given [View Full Entry]

By Blair High trip to Malawi
June 10th 2008

First few days in Mzuzu Africa » Malawi » Northern » Nkhata Bay

Children
We were greeted by lots of children singing on our arrival.

Yesterday we went for orientation to the primary school to meet the children, teachers, head villagemen and important councillors of education. They performed a display of traditional African singing, dancing and poetry. We were presented with a gift. The gift turned out to be 60 eggs...and a live goat! The goat is, in fact, no longer...we had a BBQ last night! Not necessarily a good experience for all! Today we headed off to Geisha Primary School for our first day of work experience. The girls painted two classrooms and the office and the guys moved bricks and helped with building work. [View Full Entry]

By Blair High trip to Malawi
June 9th 2008

Arrived! Africa » Malawi » Northern » Mzuzu

The group arrived at their destination in the early evening on Sunday the 8th June. They were given an amazing welcome by the people of the community who sang to them and prepared a wonderful meal. Everyone is very friendly. Monday - after a well earned sleep the group visited the school and met some of the children who were delighted with the gifts they had brought with them. There is a problem with the communication at the moment so the blog may not be updated just as often as they had hoped. [View Full Entry]

By Blair High trip to Malawi
June 8th 2008

Kenya and Zambia Africa » Zambia » Lusaka

Having arrived in Nairobi Airport 6.30 am (4.30 am Blairgowrie time) the group stopped for 2 hours before boarding another flight to Lusaka, Zambia where they stopped briefly before continuing their journey to Lilongwe, Malawi. All are well but very tired and "don't want to be bothered with airports and planes anymore". [View Full Entry]

By Blair High trip to Malawi
June 7th 2008

Amsterdam Europe » Netherlands » North Holland » Amsterdam

The group arrived in Amsterdam early evening 7th June 2008 and will board a flight to Nairobi later tonight. They will arrive around 6.30 am Sunday 8th June (local time) and will then board another flight from Nairobi to Lilongwe (capital of Malawi) after which they will travel by bus to Mzuzu where they will be based. [View Full Entry]

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