I'm here!!! After what seemed like an absolute age I arrived in Malawi 24 hours after I left the UK...things of note on this trip
1. I met a man who specialises in bees and travels all over the world looking at them/eating honey
2. I was proposed to by a security guard at Nairobi Airport
3. I nearly killed myself when my new walking boots decided to tie its laces together...in Edinburgh...before I even got through security!
But all that doesn't matter cause I'm here! I'm staying with another student from Dundee and his girlfriend (third wheel much!) but they're both lovely and the little house we have is so quaint and African its amazing! We have a car (happens to be an automatic so nearly killed everyone in it trying to change gear and stamping on the brake!) so getting around is pretty easy, even though there are not really any road priorities and the traffic lights are pretty much ignored! Malawi is a pretty cool country though and everyone is very polite and friendly, went to the market the first day I arrived and bought some fresh fruit and veg, then went to the town centre - had to give way to some goats on the pavement!
Yesterday was my first day at the hospital. It's called Kamuzu Central Hospital and it looks pretty much like the prison from Shawshank Redemption. I'll write about it next time as I need to get home before it gets dark...lets just say its an experience being at the hospital!!!!
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