Well, I am writing here from an internet cafe in Lilongwe, quite dissapointed that the blog I worked on in draft on our lap-top from the guesthouse is totally corrupted (and it was complete with photos too!). Anyways, to add a bit more detail to my original arrival email, our stopover in Dubai was fun...we slept well on the flight and were disappointed that we had booked a $245 hotel room (that we are only eligible to receive $125 remibursement for). Anyways, we went to the hotel and they were nice enough to cancel our booking. On the advice of the adventurous Regan, we headed for the taxi stand to go into town. The taxi area was beyond any concept you may have of crowded....we waited over an hour in line to get a cab. We ate at a very nice restaurant and took pictures of the Burj.
Back at the airport on time for our next flight, we boarded an Air Ethiopia plane to Addis Ababa - though the planes are older and the service not as nice as the Emirates flight, the journey was pleasant, and after a brief visit to the duty free, we were off again, and finally landed in Lilongwe.
We were greeted at the airport and had lots of helpful boys to assist with unloading our 11 checked bags (and all arrived, which we now know is a bit of a rarity).
Lilongwe is much more like many villages than a big city and is very lush and green.
Hopefully pics will follow later!
Now that we have been here for a few days, we are getting more of a feel for the city and have gone through our first mini-bus ride alone (the first was assisted). A mini-bus is like a dub van with 4 rows of seats and they don't move until there are at least 4 to a seat...much like the collectivos we rode in Mexico.
Anyways, we are off to buy some mangoes - apparently, you can get them for about 7 cents a piece!!!
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That sucks that you lost your draft! I would suggest that you upload photos to flickr first, then you can embed in the html code here. In flickr you click on "all sizes" and choose the medium size, then it gives you the code to just plunk into blogger. Just make sure you're on "edit html" instead of "compose tab".
I've been meaning to send you an email but haven't... not much to report this end. Except we're thinking of you... I caught myself sort of half dreaming of dropping by your condo for a visit, then remembered I can't do that for a whole YEAR!
Greetings from Hamilton!
Glad to see you made it safe and sound.
Cheers!
Joseph
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