March 4th
Back to the FINCOOP today to finish our meetings with their management staff and work on our report back to the Executive committee tomorrow. We requested a tour of Lilongwe when we got there in the morning and they were happy to oblige. Blessings, the Finance Manager took us for a driving tour of the city just before lunch. We visited their branch office in a market across town (see pics), and then did a tour of “Capital Hill” where all the government buildings are located. We then went to see the memorial for the 1st President (Banda), who led the country until the age of 96, and passed away at the grand ole age of 99. We then visited a nice Lodge located on the river in the middle of the city, and took a walking tour of the Lilongwe Wildlife Park, which is similar to a Zoo in Canada. We saw crocs, baboons, python, small deer and a lioness. Will try to post a couple of photos. After the tour of the city we took Blessings out for lunch to Summer Park, as it is close to their office. Big mistake! I think we got the same waiter that screwed up our orders and caused a 2 hour lunch as last year. I was going to order pizza, but they said that it would be about 20 mins., so we all ordered the chicken instead to speed things up. Well, I got my order fairly quickly, but Brad’s was about 20 mins later, and blessings waited close to 45 mins for his. We all ordered the same thing! Last chance for SUMMER PARK!
It is 6 pm and raining quite hard here at the moment. Brad and I were going to walk to a restaurant a few blocks away, but may have to change plans.
Back to the FINCOOP today to finish our meetings with their management staff and work on our report back to the Executive committee tomorrow. We requested a tour of Lilongwe when we got there in the morning and they were happy to oblige. Blessings, the Finance Manager took us for a driving tour of the city just before lunch. We visited their branch office in a market across town (see pics), and then did a tour of “Capital Hill” where all the government buildings are located. We then went to see the memorial for the 1st President (Banda), who led the country until the age of 96, and passed away at the grand ole age of 99. We then visited a nice Lodge located on the river in the middle of the city, and took a walking tour of the Lilongwe Wildlife Park, which is similar to a Zoo in Canada. We saw crocs, baboons, python, small deer and a lioness. Will try to post a couple of photos. After the tour of the city we took Blessings out for lunch to Summer Park, as it is close to their office. Big mistake! I think we got the same waiter that screwed up our orders and caused a 2 hour lunch as last year. I was going to order pizza, but they said that it would be about 20 mins., so we all ordered the chicken instead to speed things up. Well, I got my order fairly quickly, but Brad’s was about 20 mins later, and blessings waited close to 45 mins for his. We all ordered the same thing! Last chance for SUMMER PARK!
It is 6 pm and raining quite hard here at the moment. Brad and I were going to walk to a restaurant a few blocks away, but may have to change plans.
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