Travelin Thru (and it's so hard to say goodbye to yesterday)
0 Comments Published by Ben on Tuesday, August 14, 2007 at 9:17 AM.
My last 24 hours in Malawi were in Lilongwe, essentially just waiting to fly out. We got back from Senga Bay around lunchtime, when we met Simon at a favorite lunch spot (sesame chicken, and well done; I opted for a burger which came raw, and then fell back to the sesame chicken for my second attempt), and other people from Kayesa came by on their way from the airport. I was glad to have seen Alicia (one from Kayesa) one final time.
We (Heather, Emily, Simon, and I) did our regular pilgrimage to the big grocery store, and then Simon and I were going in the same direction, so we took a minibus across town. I has asked D if I could stay with her this last night--she is housesitting for a colleague who was on leave for the month and I wanted to avoid paying for a hotel if I could help it. She agreed with no problem, so I hung out at a hotel nearby her place until she was off of work.
She picked me up on her way, we hung out and cooked a stir-fry with her roommate (there are two house-sitters), had some chocolate and tea to finish and ended up having a great conversation just the two of us at the end. A lot of it was around being alone, or okay in your own skin, much of which actually foreshadowed this trip.
The next morning I just hung out at the house, watched some TV once the power came back on (and by tv, I mean The New Mickey Mouse Club E! True Hollywood Story specifically) until my taxi came. I got to the airport a bit too early (like an hour, really), but I just hung out, got a coke, and made some calls to say goodbye to people. And then I left Malawi.
We (Heather, Emily, Simon, and I) did our regular pilgrimage to the big grocery store, and then Simon and I were going in the same direction, so we took a minibus across town. I has asked D if I could stay with her this last night--she is housesitting for a colleague who was on leave for the month and I wanted to avoid paying for a hotel if I could help it. She agreed with no problem, so I hung out at a hotel nearby her place until she was off of work.
She picked me up on her way, we hung out and cooked a stir-fry with her roommate (there are two house-sitters), had some chocolate and tea to finish and ended up having a great conversation just the two of us at the end. A lot of it was around being alone, or okay in your own skin, much of which actually foreshadowed this trip.
The next morning I just hung out at the house, watched some TV once the power came back on (and by tv, I mean The New Mickey Mouse Club E! True Hollywood Story specifically) until my taxi came. I got to the airport a bit too early (like an hour, really), but I just hung out, got a coke, and made some calls to say goodbye to people. And then I left Malawi.
Labels: food, lilongwe, malawi, transitions, travel
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