Blogs from Senga Bay, Central, Malawi, Africa - page 2

Advertisement

Africa » Malawi » Central » Senga Bay November 17th 2008

Whew! I have been BUSY. SO. Basically after Halloween I went and sparred at the Buddhist Temple. That was fun and the students (children!!) there are VERY TALENTED. Like back flips talented. Katie, Brian, Danny (other PCVs) and I got a great ride up to Dedza Sunday the 2nd. There we met up with the remaining volunteers from our health group. We had lost 3 volunteers (they terminated early...they are still alive! That sounds really harsh) over the last 5 months, and another is going home in the next day or two. Our number is now 18 people. It was nice to meet up with everyone again, especially since I hadn't seen many of them since swearing-in. Then I found out that Dedza was having a water-shortage and I wasn't so happy. Anyway, our IST was ... read more
Water Treatment Packets
Lots of Yahtzee
...More Yahtzee...

Africa » Malawi » Central » Senga Bay October 11th 2008

LAKE OF STARS FESTIVAL, SENGA BAY, MALAWI One of the only things Malawi is known for in the West—besides Madonna’s adoption there which is usually the first thing people think of—is the Lake of Stars Festival, an annual music event which is held on the beach of Lake Malawi and features musicians and famous DJs from the United Kingdom primarily but also other places, including Malawi. The festival draws a huge number of tourists as well and I didn’t know anyone who wasn’t planning to go. I hitched a ride up with my roommate Dalia and her friend Sistah Fire, who is a very famous DJ on Malawi’s biggest radio station. We were riding in the oldest car I think I have ever been in—some ancient British colonial open-air Jeep-type thing that was a lot of ... read more
Sistah Fire and Dalia in the "backseat"
Lake of Stars crowd
The main stage




Tot: 0.035s; Tpl: 0.003s; cc: 10; qc: 11; dbt: 0.0109s; 1; m:domysql w:travelblog (10.17.0.13); sld: 1; ; mem: 1mb