What a Performance
The first half of the week was business as usual, lesson planning, lessons, chats in the staff room, chats with villagers on the way to school, more chats with them on the way home, more power cuts...things I've already mentioned at length in previous posts. However, on Thursday J, the kind person who lent me…
Reasons to be Cheerful
So the power issues of last weekend continued into the week and it wasn't until Tuesday that the Escom men, clad in orange overalls, descended on the village and salvaged the situation. Whilst waiting for transport to arrive and take them back to town, the engineers made use of the football field and played a…
Permits, Presents and Power Challenges
With a lot of help from my friend (and boss) Andy, and from the ever helpful Brian from Nkhotakota Immigration Office, I now possess a Temporary Working Permit, valid until November, so my fears of being arrested for being an 'illegal' have been dispelled! Hoorah! Presents There was great excitement at school one day this…
A Lonely Giraffe
Our penultimate stop of the family trip was Kuti Wildlife Reserve, near Salima, where we enjoyed an peaceful night in our own bush villa. Lydia got up early to go horse-riding. I was very tempted to join her but in the end sense prevailed - two hours on horseback could have been a stretch too…
It's All Fines
Seeing my family walk through the airport towards me was as exciting as I anticipated and, considering how little sleep they'd had during their journey, they were on good form! Their initial introduction to Africa was being surrounded by many locals as we collected the car I'd hired for the duration of their stay, as…
Popping with Excitement
(NB this was written on Sat 16th but I’ve had power and internet issues since 🫣) Yep, that's me today as I wait in Lilongwe, the capital, for Harry, Matthew, William and Lydia to arrive. I can't wait for them to touch down and start experiencing the wonders of Malawi! There are a few things…