rains!

The rainy season has officially started! The rivers run on the streets
of Blantyre, and a thunder just made me jump on my desk, and forced me
to write these lines. There is not another conversation, the rains,
that everybody hope will be abundant. The farmers have started to
prepare the fields, and people queue to obtain fertiliser. The
luckiest will have coupons from the government and will buy it cheap,
the others... may not get much maize this year!

It is sad that a country like Malawi, with 1/3rd of its surface
covered by fresh water, relies on the rains for the production of
crops. There are still very few irrigation systems in the country, so
most of the people just wait for the rain to fall in november instead
of using water from their lake and rivers!

Apart from rain, I don't have much to tell you! we are now in exam
period, so I just have loads of papers to mark. I have started to look
at jobs (yes, because I have to come back next year!) but without
stress, I still have a few months to enjoy Africa.

The prize after the exam marking will be a trip to Ethiopia! the 29th
of this month I will fly to Addis Adaba to meet Ivonne, and then we'll
travel for 2 weeks in the north of the country.. You'll hear more
about it soon!