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Tuesday, December 30, 2008
Paradise
21-12-2008 Chirombo Bay. The lake is calm, silence takes over the world and one is sure to find true peace here.
The Journey
Another Christmas spent with those most precious has come and gone and one feels the luckiest person to have such a close knit family ready to do anything to continue making this season the one to look forward too all year long.
17-12-2008 Lisbon-Paris Air France The plane was supposed to leave at 18h but delayed quite a bit which got the blood rushing cause the time for the connecting flight in Charles de Gaulle was short.
17-12-2008 Paris-Johannesburg Just made the flight in time... the marathon across the recently rebuilt Parisian airport was exhausting. When finally installed in the plane the captain announces a delay 'cause the wings needed to be de-iced. Take-off is finally announced 'round midnight.
18-12-2008 Late arrival at Tambo International Airport in JHB and another quick run to the Air Malawi counter to try catch the last plane out to Lilongwe. Made it! The plane leaves at midday.
18-12-2008 Arrival at Lilongwe International Airport (formerly or still known as Kamuzu International Airport) at around 3pm and the expected disappointment - the luggage was nowhere to be seen...either it stayed behind in Paris or JHB. No worries... all we want is to get to the final destination! Blantyre - the great city where I was born.
18-12-2008 - Arrival at the final destination - Chileka Airport (Blantyre). Everyone's there... sitting on the rooftop waving about trying to find out where we're seated. The plane door opens and there we go... first Baba, then I down the stairs looking out to the prettiest people in the world waiting for us :) I guess walking down the red carpet come Oscar night doesn't come anywhere close to this moment. After around 24hours of flying, running and carrying overwheigt trolleys we're finally there...and it's ALL worth it.
Sunday, December 21, 2008
The secret for sticking together
It may well be... that Malawi holds the secret for reducing the divorce rate.
Downtown Blantyre
Taken from the back seat of the car while driving around Blantyre... some things remain unchanged
Saturday, December 20, 2008
Air Malawi
Flying since September 1st 1967...After two flights from Lisbon to Paris and from Paris to Jo'burg, exhaust had kicked in. The flights delayed in Lisbon and again in Paris because of weather conditions which made the whole journey just a little more exhausting. Arrival at OR Tambo International Airport (formerly officially known as Johannesburg International Airport and before that as Jan Smuts International Airport) was hectic. The airport has undergone massive changes (probably in preparation for the upcomming Football World Cup in 2010) wich made us run like madmen hoping to catch the last flight out to Malawi. It was a relief to see that the QM flight hadn't left yet and we made it just in time. Just from seeing the plane already felt a little closer to home.
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