So hard to come back to work after the festival at the lake.. We had an incredible time, although we were a bit dissapointed with the music and the incredible amount of uzungus (white guys) attending and playing. I think that the government in trying to use this iniciatives to promote tourism, but probably, like in many other places, the touristic attractions of Malawi will not be affordable by Malawians..
Anyway, the lake up there is incredible and very little exploited, with beautiful beaches of white sand where you'll only find a few fishermen. The atmosphear is so relaxed and the people so cool... It was 4 days but it looked like a long holiday.
I met Saray and Nieves at the festival before their departure. They went traveling last week and they came to the festival to finish their holiday. I don't think that they wanted to go home, specially Saray that even met a 'best friend' at the lake :-)
I don't have much time to write (loads of reports to correct), but in the next post I'll tell you my adventures trying to get to the lake in a minibus..
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Hi Antonio,
Talking about "uzungus", I'm getting curious: are you actually learning the Malawian language? And by the way, is there a common language that widely spread, or are there (also) lots of different dialects?
Cheers,
Karine
I am learning Chichewa that is the language of the south of Malawi. The north speaks a quite different language called tumbuka.
I can greet people, ask directions, talk about the weather, buy things at the market... I'm learning but pangono pangono (slowly)
You have to see how the locals love it when they see an uzungu speak chichewa. Also, if the traffic police stops you and you start talking in chichewa you have many chances of not getting a fine :-)
Congratulations :-)
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