Moving (back) to Blantyre!

September 3, 2009

We had a meeting with Effie on Tuesday and we discussed the progress of the project. We still have 7 interviews that need to be translated and transcribed but we have lost our translators! One is back at school in other city, one is taking another job, and one is sick. So the final decision that came from our meeting was that we would move back to Blantyre on Saturday (September 5th) and find a Yao speaker there to help us with the translation. I am ready to move and get a change in scenery. Mangochi is rather small and I think that I have done everything here for the most part. The nice thing about Mangochi has been being so close to the lake. I believe that we intend to spend tomorrow at the lake at Palm Beach and enjoy it one more time. I will definitely miss having the water and so much beauty nearby. On the other hand, I am looking forward to traveling to Mount Mulanje (the third highest mountain in Africa), Liwonde National Park (wildlife park), Zomba Plateau, and Nkhata Bay (in the north).

Jodi, my roommate from Peace Corps, and I are planning to travel to Tanzania to visit some friends as well. Hopefully, this will be in late October and then I will visit Brent in November/December. Such nice trips that I have planned!

So I think that this is about it for today. The day-to-day life here is somewhat boring. Today, I will probably go to the bank, go buy credit for my phone, and hit up the internet café- not the most exciting day I have ever had…

Love and miss everyone back home.

Ciao!