Touring & Long Flight

Saturday (Feb 20) morning we headed out again on the Big Bus to see a few more sights of London before heading to the airport right after lunch. We Boarded the flight to Jo'burg at around 6 PM London time and then spent the night in the plane, finally arriving in Lilongwe at about Noon today. On the landing approach at Lilongwe we got a bit of a scare as the plane was just getting ready to land, and all of a sudden we were headed back into the air. The pilot informed us that due to a strong tail wind we were coming in to fast, so he had to circle around and do it again. We landed safely. We were all severely jet lagged when we arrived as none of us slept very well on the plane...so we did not do much today. We arrived at the Sunbird Hotel, and made a quick change into shorts and sandals, and then headed to the lounge for a drink, then off to bed for a short nap before supper. We went to Mama Mia's Italian restaurant, and most of us had their pizza, which is quite good (for Malawi), but not near as thick as a Canadian pizza. The whole bill for supper was $77 US, with drinks for 6 people. So it is very cheap to eat here compared to London or back home. Actually London is quite expensive for both hotel rooms and food, but we were only in the Tourist area.

Heading down to the MUSCCO (Malawi's Credit Union Central) in the morning for a short meeting and then we will be travelling by truck to Dwanga, where Brad and I will be working with the CU staff over the next 4 days. Hitting the hay......can hardly keep my eyes open.