Cocopina, sweet tea, TV bars, specials, smells (the 'different' sweat smell in the hospital, the smell of shake-shake, the smell of roadside food - chips, donuts, fish - the smell of fresh produce - tomatoes, avocadoes, bananas, pineapple (unfortunately no mangos yet), the music (Lucius Banda has been blaring out of the local 'cinema'), the loud noises of insects at night and of birds in the morning,ladies with babies on their backs, men sitting under trees, crop fields (the maize has now been harvested but the cassava is growing) & red dust, absolutely everywhere. My friends who are reading this whom I met last time I was here - you all know - this is Malawi. You will be pleased to know that, as far as the food and drink goes, I have already managed to
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