Wednesday 22 July 2009

Update

Hi everyone,

We've had a good few days although I have a bit of a cold which is slowing me down a bit. Nothing serious though. We're off to Cape Maclear this weekend, which is a bit more of a resort, and there are rumours of both hot water and pizza. Two and a half weeks is a long time to go without either of those!

We had our first rides on Malawian public transport on Monday, which was quite exciting. Matolas are basically pick-up trucks that run up and down the roads between Mangochi and Monkey Bay and stop for people (and animals and bikes and bags of tomatoes) to hop on the back. They can get quite full, but there is so little traffic on the roads round here that it is safe. Safe-ish!

Me and Amy took the children from our favourite orphanage down to the beach this morning to play with some tennis balls. It was great because they don't usually have the chance to do anything like that and the orphanage doesn't have any toys or resources. Everyone was very excited, and one boy went for an impromptu swim! We have a really good relationship with the teacher there, who runs the orphanage from her own back yard, and she cooked us breakfast this morning - hot sweet potato!

Blood donoring has been put off til next week as the blood drive is still being planned and organised. Amy went back to the wound clinic for a second time and still managed to avoid any horror shows. I would like Martin Ling to be the new Cambridge manager. I think that's all for now!

Lots of love,

Andy and Amy

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