Lilongwe Stories


Challenge: Get out of Malawi on 500 kwacha or less!

After having spent almost a month in Malawi, I was running low on kwacha, but I didn't want to go to an ATM because the "official" exchange rate the banks use is so much less than the actual rate used everywhere else.  I could have changed some more US dollars of course but since I had to get of the country before my 30 day visa expired, I decided to se...


Running for Wildlife

Lots of busy work over the last couple of weeks in preparation for last weekends’ Run for Wildlife. In past years, this event has taken place at a local school track, where sponsored runners ran to see how many laps they could complete in one hour. This year, in addition to the school race, Lilongwe hosted the first ever road race to happen in Malawi – ...


Musungu

What a busy time! Between working at the wildlife centre and the LSPCA, it sounds like I will be working pretty much 7 days a week for the next 5 ½ months. Last week I went with the LSPCA to assist with a free rabies vaccine and microchip clinic in a local village called Kauma. This is important contribution to the local communities, as there are many h...


Malawi at last!

The journey begins again. A bit of a disappointment at the San Francisco airport ticket counter in finding out that I did not have an aisle seat that I usually request for long flights, but a sweet surprise was getting an upgrade to premium class on the SFO to London leg of the flight. “It’s not aisle, but the seats are only 2 across, and you’re gonna l...