Michala:
I don’t know if I will ever get used to how beautiful Malawi
is! Every morning I wake up under my mosquito net and listen to the birds
outside. This past week we traveled to Nkhotakota and Blantyre. The trips took
us near Lake Malawi, through a game reserve, to the border of Mozambique, and
through a neat town named Dedza. The trips were great, but I am really happy to
be back home, even if it’s only for a day.
We live in
an apartment (don’t think apartments though, they’re like little town homes)
complex in Area3, just outside of the city. Our home is a two-bedroom two-bathroom
townhouse with a small kitchen and living area that is surrounded by tall brick
walls, barbed wire, and an electric fence. My husband Brennan is an electrician
and used to work on new construction houses (you know, with the wood framing
and everything). It’s neat seeing how differently the buildings are built
here—all brick and concrete! Our house is much cooler because of it, but it’s
still strange to see concrete and not wood underneath chipped paint.
Right now
we’re in the rainy season and the land is soaking it up! Cornfields are growing
to twice my height and the country is just blowing up in bright greens. My
favorite part of the long drives (over 4 hours to Nkhotakota and around 6 hours
to Blantyre) is the stunning views. I can’t do the views justice in trying to
explain them so I’ve attached some pictures below. Imagine the pictures, but
bout 100 times more vivid.
I’m going
to let Brennan talk about Dedza but I’d be remiss if I didn’t mention my new
favorite store! If you’ve ever been to mt Tambourine in Queensland, Australia,
you can picture Dedza. Dedza is a quiet small town with some neat places like
the famous Dedza pottery, and my favorite store, The Dedza Handmade Art
Gallery. The art gallery is run by an incredibly nice man, Henry Ng’ambe and
his family. He takes paper trash and recycles it to make amazing cards and
notebooks. When we went to his shop he took us around and showed us all the
steps that go into making paper. I can’t wait to go back again!
I’m looking
forward to today—relaxing! We just got back from Blantyre last night and
tomorrow we drive to Chipata, Zambia, so I’m going to take advantage of our
break day and get some house stuff done. Adios!
** update** I did it!! I haggled!!
This handsome guy :)
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