Feb 28th

Today we are “on the road again” as Willie would sing. We headed out for Lilongwe about 10:00 am, and the first part of the trip has some amazing scenery. It almost looks like Northern Sask, with all the tall pine trees in the forest South of Mzuzu. We actually pass through a game reserve while on the highway, and there is a possibility of seeing lions and elephants, although quite remote. We did not have the luck to see any wild animals except for a few deer. We arrived in Lilongwe about 1:30 or so, and took Davison to our favourite Italian restaurant -Mama Mia’s for pizza. It was another good meal, and then we headed back to the hotel to say goodbye to Davison. He was a great host, and we really enjoyed our stay in the Dwangwa area. After he left we decided to go for a walk to the golf course, which is about 10 minutes away by foot pony. We got about half way and it started raining, so we stopped under an awning to wait for it to pass. That was about 4 pm, and it is now 10 pm and still raining. It did let up a bit in order for us to get back to the hotel, so we figured we would give SKYPE (phoning via computer to Canada), which worked good, but only for short periods of time. Hope you had fun at the Poker Derby dear! Due to the rain we decided to stay at the hotel for a late supper, and then it was back to the room to review our material, as we start at the FINCOOP tomorrow morning. This is the SACCO that Thoko works for, although her branch is in Blantyre about 4 hours South of Lilongwe. I talked to her on the phone while at Dwangwa, and she is hoping to make it up to Lilongwe for one day while we are here.

Hope you had fun at the Poker Derby today Dear!