Conveying a glimpse of Malawi:Malawi is beautiful and very green The rainy season has ended, but the days are fairly overcast and cool since it is essentially autumn here. The enormous baobob trees are rather breathtaking, though they are without leaves and you’ll only see blooms every few years. Corn is grown on nearly every patch of available land – the ground here is so fertile, it practically comes with instructions to “just add water. They are finishing what has been an abundant harvest this year due to very good rains, and everyone is in a very happy mood.
The homes here are modest to the nth degree here. Most are tiny and square white concrete or red brick with tin roofs – it is only near the lake that I have really seen a lot of thatched roof abodes. Whenever I pass by a house, village or little metro area, I try to see what the people are doing, usually I see kids chewing sugar cane, women walking with baskets or bags on their heads, men riding bicycles with enormous loads of charcoal, harvested reeds for basket making, potatoes, or just about anything you can think of. Then there's always the fun little oddity, like our friend Mr. Scarecrow here:
Wow, that is beautiful! I bet it is so totally different than what we know here. Sounds like Costa Rica, but poorer. Thanks for the pix! There is a really neat article in Bicycling Magazine about AfricaBike (donating bikes to Africa). I'll save it and send it to you. I thought of you while reading it. See you in July. Bronwyn
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