Greetings from Malawi...

Via the slowest internet connection known to man. But hey, they've got it, right?

So first impressions of Africa... very cool. Johannesburg is very urban and hustle/bustle contruction - saw the airport and city hotel. Not til I got to Malawi did I really kind of SEE Africa and the people and some of the culture.

First night in the Korea Garden Hotel in Lilongwe... I will let Ash take over here...

Keyword: bedrock

As in, bed so hard that every time I sit on it, I just burst into laughter! I wish we could bring the pillows home for show and tell, but they are too hard and heavy to really lift. This place is pretty hilarious, but it is nice in it's own little "not a mud hut" sort of way. If Park does not block the memory, he can tell about dinner...

Anyway, HE'S HERE!!!! I've never been so happy!

Ok, so dinner... don't get the Mandu (wontons) - appetizer (size of three peas), the soup (not so tasty) - and skip the spiced (or lack thereof) beef. Regardless, the place is quaint and when near the pool kinda pretty. Back to Ashley in the studio...

You may be wondering how we came to choose a Korean hotel in Africa, so I'll just let you know it came highly recommended by those lying bastards at malawitourism.com.

Park again: Anywho, so Lilongwe is actually really cool to see. Not extreme culture shock yet, but definitely a different way of living - and driving.

But I would like to comment on the soundtrack to our dinner (we're concentrating on dinner alot because that is where we are writing this). This is the playlist so far: Elton John, Eagles (a 'hell freezes over' version of hotel CA), CCR, William Tell Overture, All For Love (from the major motion picture The Three Musketeers starring Kiefer Sutherland, Chris O'Donnell, Oliver Platt and Charlie Sheen) - so as you can see, very cultural.

But we digress.

So far, so good. We are going on Safari tomorrow, so will post more on that when we get back (3 or so days). Ash, any closing comments?

You bet: our safari "lodge"

Until then... Mugone bwino and keep swattin' those mosquitios.

-Park and Ash from the Muthaland.