We made it! It took us five days to get to Africa but we are finally here in Malawi, we actually arrived on Monday in the afternoon. We spent the night in the city of Blantyre at the Gold Card hotel. And then we drove out to our village, Juma, on Tuesday afternoon. We built the beginning of a wall that afternoon and then packed up around 4:30pm and headed to Likhubula house at the base of Mount Mulanje. The next morning we were up and off and able to get in a full day of brick laying in the village, it's amazing how tall the walls are getting already! When we arrived there was just a foundation laid, and one corner built up to about 4 feet. Monday evening they built the other three corners after we left and so when we arrived on Tuesday we were able to work on all four walls. By the time we left yesterday the walls were anywhere from waist high to almost shoulder high.
I stayed back today thanks to a lovely case of 'something' that can strike travellers. ;) And I'm excited to see how much higher the walls are going to be tomorrow. I will attempt to post some pictures later today...I'm not even sure if it's actually a possibility. It is so beautiful here! We wake up in the morning and when we walk out of our room the first thing you see is Mount Mulanje, shrouded in fog and clouds.
Hopefully I'll have a chance to post again later! If not, see you in Winnipeg!
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