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Malawi Volunteer Blog: January 14 – 22

Entry 4: Liwonde National Park

This weekend, Arichie, Mike and I made a trip to Liwonde National Park, which is about 4 hours away from Lilongwe. We had a great time. The drive down was just spectacular; the countryside of Malawi is so beautiful. At one point, we were driving on one road where one side was Malawi and the other side was Mozambique. On the way back, we ended up getting gas at Mozambique, since the gas crisis has been really tough, especially these last few weeks. Because we were on the Mozambique side, we couldn’t get in trouble by the police, and that was also why people could sell the gas directly on the road; it was a pretty interesting loophole!

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Malawi Volunteer Blog: January 6-13

January 6, 2012

Malawi Day 1!

This January I am interning with F2F in Malawi! I will be getting to know the Chadika community that Colby College’s LuziCare club funds, and I will be working with their youth group in particular. I just got here today, and I am already in love with the place! It is so beautiful and green (partly due to the rainy season), and everyone is very friendly. Lilongwe seems to be an interesting place; hopefully I’ll get my bearings and be able to navigate on my own soon; though I’m still a bit nervous being out by myself! However, the project leaders down here Arichie and Mike have been helping me out a bunch, they are awesome! I am really excited for this experience, I am going to meet so many wonderful people and get to know a culture completely different from my own. Well, more to follow, time to get my feet wet!
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