Tuesday, September 25, 2007

Hello there

Just a quick update because I know you are all missing me terribly and dying to know what is happening. Now you will be able to sleep again. I didn't have a chance to write this up before time, so I'm kind of going by the seat of my pants right now.

Again, Mt. Mulanje was awesome. Three hard days of hiking, great company, amazing scenery. I returned to site for about 10 days before tramping off again to Mzuzu for a permaculture training. Permaculture is a "design methodology" for taking advantage of space, locally available resoures... basically it's about growing lots of stuff in a small space. It was a good training and I hope to take some of the information and practices back north with me. After the training, nearly a quarter of the volunteers in country went to the south of Nkhata Bay district to camp on the beach, swim in Lake Malawi, play games, drink a little beer and eat some good food. Two awesome days. Now I'm back in Mzuzu for two nights relaxing and getting a strong dose of electricity before heading back to site again for quite a while.

My upcoming schedule look something like this: Tomorrow, back to site. Halloween party in Chitipa district. Thanksgiving in Lilongwe. Christmas and New Year's somewhere (possibly back at the Lake). Then to Zambia for some hardcore travelling. Not sure when I'll get to email again. Thanks to everyone who's sent updates, letters, packages, etc.

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