The very first diary entry... Dear friends, this is the very first post of the little world tour that Helene and myself is undertaking. Facts about Blantyre and Malawi As you may be aware, Helene and our friend Astrid, both medicine students, left Sydney (where we are studying) on 22 October 2005, destination Blantyre, Malawi, Africa. I left Sydney on 9 November, and caught up with the girls in Blantyre on the 10th. Blantyre is a city of about 5-600 000 inhabitants and is the so-called commercial centre of Malawi. Named after the birth place of David Livingstone in Scotland, it used to be the capital, however, this changed, and the capital is now Lilongwe, which is also the biggest city. Being one of the world's poorest countries, Malawi is about to experience a hunger crisis
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