Trip to Tanzania
On the way there we flew through Lusaka and Nairobi, going a little bit out of the way. Flying back we stayed a day in Nairobi. It happened to be on Madaraka Day, a holiday in Kenya celebrating when Continue reading Trip to Tanzania
Category Archives: Trips
Day Trip to Lake Malawi
Last Sunday all of us staying here at Mike and Hill’s house went over to Lake Malawi for a few hours. It was my first time outside of Lilongwe, I was able to see a glimpse of what the country Continue reading Day Trip to Lake Malawi
Trip Update
I’ll just talk about my experiences in this entry, I’ll make another post about how our technical projects have been going. Last few days have been interesting. I’m writing this right now on Saturday evening (it’ll probably be posted later)-we Continue reading Trip Update
Flights
I guess I never actually posted any more details about my flights over here. While Ethiopian Airlines seems to consistently delay things, the service isn’t all that bad. We had four meals on our 17 hour flight from DC to Continue reading Flights
First Impressions of Malawi
I’ve been in Malawi now since Sunday afternoon. So far I’ve just been in Lilongwe, this weekend we might travel elsewhere. I have a pre-paid mobile phone on the Zain network here. The balance of the account is measured in Continue reading First Impressions of Malawi
While I’m waiting in Dulles…
Ethiopian did end up changing their flight to go through Dakar, Senegal instead of Rome. Still not entirely sure why they did this change, as far as I can tell the ash cloud is no effecting Europe at all right Continue reading While I’m waiting in Dulles…
Projects
Now for the promised explanation of what I’ll be doing over in Africa. My friend Michael works for UNC at the Tidziwe hospital in Malawi. They currently are using AtMail for their mail services – Michael and I helped set Continue reading Projects
Getting to Malawi
It’s hard to believe that I’ll be halfway around the world three days from now. I’ll be leaving for Malawi bright and early this Friday, via Ethiopia. Here’s what my trip will look like according to a cool mapping tool Continue reading Getting to Malawi
Heading off to Malawi
I’m heading to Malawi in a little over a week to work on a variety of IT projects there.