So it seems especially when looking at the first photograph…and the second…and the third. That actually was a paradise afternoon at the Ngala Beach Lodge on Lake Malawi. It’s a beautiful, secluded spot on the lake road south of Mzuzu and Kande. I am traveling with Jennifer as she makes site visits […]

When we get to California I need to try and learn Spanish. Yes, I’m another one of those one language English speakers. Sure, it’s easy since people almost everywhere speak English but this is serious now. Ich spreche ein Bichen Deutsch but I won’t get to practice that much in San Francisco. […]

I like to play golf. The game of golf has this stigma that it is an elitist endeavor. Perhaps not unfairly based on the past or due to the exclusivity of country clubs like Augusta National where until 1990 they did not allow black members and still don’t allow women. It’s not […]

I was wrong about the U.S. Ambassador being at the airport to greet Robert Mugabe last week. Then again, so was one of Malawi’s “major” newspapers which is where I got the info from. My mistake. So cheers to the U.S. Ambassador for not greeting Mugabe and also Washington. It was […]

Happy days here in Malawi. The government is simultaneously hosting one of the top 5 worst current leaders in Africa and rounding up political opponents under the guise of an assassination conspiracy. Deja vu all over again. No one really knows why Mugabe was invited here other than President Mutharika’s wife is […]

An overdue video blog from Easter weekend. Seems even on the broadband here uploading a fat file can take a while. That’s even after many failures. The file is a bit large but I did manage to capture two Gule Wamkulus walking down the road.
For more on the Gule Wamkulu […]

Many times in your day to day living here you just get the feeling that everything is broken. I’m usually pretty laid back and when I would come to visit Africa I never minded how things just don’t go as planned. This of course has changed a bit since I’m living here because […]

There is a new law in Malawi that says street vendors can only sell their wares in certain designated areas of the country. This seemed to make some sense when it was thought (by me) that this would take place in parts of Lilongwe, Blantrye, Mzuzu, Zomba and other larger cities here. The […]