this stage is okay

Lilongwe down

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October 14th 2008
I was walking home from the hospital the other day, and had a strange feeling - normalcy. It's similar to when I realized that I stopped looking up all the time while walking around Chicago after moving there. This doesn't feel like home, but it does feel like I live here, however transient. The driving isn't intimidating, the vendors aren't annoying, the beggars aren't surprising, my lack of a ... read more

Africa » Malawi » Southern » Blantyre

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Established in 1891, the British protectorate of Nyasaland became the independent nation of Malawi in 1964. After three decades of one-party rule under President Hastings Kamuzu BANDA the country held multiparty elections in 1994, under a provisional... ... read more