The Johannesburg Adventure

So we made it to Lilongwe, Malawi and was it a trip! The flight from Washington/Dulles to Johannesburg, South Africa was about 14 hours. Luckily, I checked out seatguru.com before I left and totally lucked out with my seat. I had a HUGE amount of legroom and I…

New Years Eve: AKA Africa Eve!

So tomorrow`s the big day! I got lucky and checked “seat guru” to make sure my seats on the 15 hour flight were decent, then arranged with Geoff at Destination Southern Africa to change my seat (I now sit in the BEST seat on the plane, so…

Yellow Fever? I think not!

Today was Yellow Fever shot day, since I found out it is required for entry to Malawi. Make sure if you go to Passport Health you request the Yellow Fever vaccine, as they think Malawi is out of the epidemic area (it isn`t!) and it is required by the…

Malawi health: not a good start!

Today was `shot` day. I arranged with Passport Health in Winston-Salem to receive my vaccinations for my trip in January. I received Tetanus, Typhoid, Hepatitis A, Flu, and one other (it has escaped me at the moment!). I believe the Tetanus is what did me in, but the pain…