I Have Arrived!

I am writing this from Mulanje, Malawi. Against the odds (mainly serious unseasonal rains) I have managed to complete the last phase of my journey. I realise the blog has fallen a little quiet recently, but this is not to say that there hasn't been a whole heap of action to report on - I've been up against some pretty serious technology challenges recently, which have prevented me posting. Fist of all, my phone finally succumbed to the rigours of the journey and was claimed by tropical rains in Mozambique. Unfortunately I did have a blog post prepared which I have now lost (along with my journal and all my photographs for the past 3 weeks). I have dropped the phone into Mulanje's 'Cellphone Repair Centre' but I'm not holding my breath. I had to show the sole technician how to plug the phone into the charger and then watched as he tried to remove the battery by banging the phone against his hand. Oh dear. Kathy has had the house telephone line connected, but the line was stolen (for copper presumably) back in May, and the telephone company haven't replaced it yet. I am writing this from a stationary shop computer terminal, but I'm hoping to get a chance to prepare a proper post over the weekend, so watch this space.

Bye for now,

Alex