George and Flossy returned from Blantyre this morning, and George brought a surprise for us… sundried mice from his home village in Kasungu! He has been talking about these mice for quite sometime…

Today is Malawi Independence Day, which for us means time to catch up on our grocery shopping and prepare for the last few weeks of our time here in Malawi. This week is…

I don’t know if I will ever have the courage to cross any Malawian border ever again. Remember the situation Andrew and I faced when we left Malawi on June 19th? Today was…

Happy 4th of July from the Zambian Copperbelt. The past three days have been beautiful and we are so sad we have to leave this wonderful area. I have learned more about copper…

We woke up early to prepare to set off for the wildlife orphanage on the other side of the park. The nearby village schoolbus came at half past six to pick us from…

Two days in a row of long bus rides is enough to make anyone ready to run a marathon… We left Livingston bright and early this morning and decided to attempt to make…

Two days in a row of long bus rides is enough to make anyone ready to run a marathon… We left Livingston bright and early this morning and decided to attempt to make…

I am writing once again from the home of Twaambo and Betty. We are back in Livingstone after spending nearly a week in Botswana, and tomorrow will be heading North to the Copperbelt…

Today was one of the most spectacular days of my life. We left Maun on the bus early in the morning for Gweta, a 200km journey. Gweta was the place we stopped just…

Sundays in Africa are always special. The church in Botswana is not as strong as it is in Zambia or Zimbabwe, and we were afraid that when we went far into the African…