Today was our first day at the Kamwama camp in Malawi. We’re split up in to teams of two for the teaching, but the beginning of the day is the best part. We drive up in a bus, and the kids come RUNNING at us from all different…
Back in Lilongwe, we had a chance to meet the translators for the camps. Since we’re in groups of two for the teaching, we’ll have one translator each. All the translators were under 25, one was 17! They were super nice, and ended up busting out…
Today was our return from Lake Malawi. The trip there was absolutely amazing. Since my luggage FINALLY came, I was able to pack up my things to take with me (phew!). The place we drove to was about two hours away in Salima, Malawi, and the bus we were on…
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…
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…
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…
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…