| Pre-trip Fun |
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| The big day: Connell and Ryan arrive in Malawi |
Jimmy and Janie on the porch surrounded by treats - candy and bug spray - from C&R |
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| Dinner at home |
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J&J fight over New Yorker magazines brought by C&R |
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| Janie, Ryan and Jimmy waiting for a lunch of chicken and nsima at MegaBite. Ryan says MegaBite is "off the chain." |
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Official trail map for Michiru Mountain near Blantyre. How could Connell and Ryan have gotten lost? |
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| Ryan at the Carlsberg Brewery in Blantyre. |
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After months of hassle, Wallace gets his driver's license! |
| The Big Trip |
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| Gate to Liwonde Safari Park |
Sunset over the Shire River, Malawi's largest, in Liwonde |
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| Connell and Ryan on boat safari |
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Herd o' hippos |
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| Eagles resting after breakfast |
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Elephant drinking from the Shire |
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| Antelope (sorry so small) grazing on the African plain. In the background, someone is burning their field to prepare it for the next crop |
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Jimmy, Janie and a monkey named Greg
(R&C once told David Sedaris a story, in which Sedaris heard -- incorrectly-- that Connell's father had a monkey named Greg. He then commented that was the funniest thing he ever heard. R&C didn't have the heart to correct him.) On our trip, all monkeys are named Greg. |
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| Warthog roaming around our campsite. |
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Someone's mom's car |
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| Waiting for an earthquake |
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C&R above the lake |
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| The beach at Nkhotakota |
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Two women walk home to their village along the beach, carrying water on their heads |
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| Our beach chalet in Nkhotakota |
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Malawi Carlsberg. Its national advertising slogan? "Probably the best beer in the world." |
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| Relaxing at Chitheche beach |
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Mzuzu market, with goods from Tanzania -- and Japan? |
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| Moon rising over our campsite at Vwaaza Wildlife Reserve (We were dealayed entry to set up our tents because there had been two elephants fighting in the site) |
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Tents set up strategically in front of the car to avoid being inadvertently stomped by elephants during the night |
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| Time to go to the toilet |
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Scouting for animals |
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| Stopping in for food at urban metropolis Mzuzu |
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Fancy digs in Luwawa Forest Reserve |
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RANDOM ACTIVITY ALERT!
Team-building obstacles at Luwawa |
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Luwawa's permaculture garden |
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| On the way back to the beach, look who we found at the supermarket |
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Bikes a-plenty in Malawi |
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| The road to somewhere. |
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Senga Bay on Lake Malawi |
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| And the reason you want this groggy picture of yourself on your website is...? |
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From the bar at Cool Runnings Lodge in Senga Bay |
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| Coffee and tea in the morning |
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Fisherman dragging in two kilometers of rope, for unfortunately measly winnings |
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| Mua Catholid Mission in Central Malawi -- founded by the "white fathers" -- which works to preserve traditions of the Chewa, Yao and Ngoni cultures |
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Inside the museum. We had a guided tour for 90 minutes and still weren't able to take in half of what is there. |
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| Village across the river from Mua Mission |
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A mask representing a character from Gule Wamkulu, the name for a type of traditional Chewa dance and performance that imparts lessons and disciplines to the audience |
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| Carrying water home before church |
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Ryan in the bamboo |
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| Washing dishes at the village pump |
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Getting down with some deaf boys at Mua |
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| Wood carvings by Malawian artists at Mua |
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Dedza mountains -- a view from Mua |
