Visits!!

My friend Karine came for a quick visit from Belgium! she traveled the
north of Malawi with an organised tour and then came to the south to
spend a few days with me. Unfortunately I couldn't take the whole time
free while she was around, so I was coming to work to sort out
lectures and labs and meeting her for lunch and show her the city in
my free time. She is a really good student and in one day she mastered
the transport system and was jumping on and off minibuses like an
ordinary Malawian!

For her last week end (and my birthday!) we went to Mulanje, the huge
mountain one hour away from Blantyre and we hiked for 3 days. Mulanje
is just beautiful, every time I go I come back with my head full of
images and willing to come back. I have put some pictures in flickr
but I doubt they can capture it.. I hope that looking at them you will
understand why Mulanje is called Malawi's island in the sky.

And now, just one week to recover and my parents will be here! If you
knew my parents, you would understand that this kind of trip is not a
joke for them, they hardly ever travel abroad and they don't speak a
word of english.. I will let you know how their visit goes but I think
is going to be fun.

Just a quick note, thanks to everybody that wished me happy birthday
from the distance in the last days and sorry to all of you who tried
but couldn't reach me since I was high (in the mountain!) without
internet or network..