I think that it’s been awhile. I feel like my time here is soon coming to an end because I only have about 3 more weeks left. It will be interesting to leave here and go back. I’m curious to see what sayings I will keep during my first few weeks back. I definitely feel like saying “fast, fast” won’t die (this is just because I love it so much).
I had an amazing vacation this past weekend. Because of the fact that Fourth of July was on a Sunday, we were given Monday off from work. We also had Tuesday off because it was the Malawian Independence day. (If you’re keeping score that’s a 4-day weekend. ) We decided to go to northern Malawi to see the beach there because we’d heard so many amazing things about it. Best decision of the summer!
We ended up in a town called Nkhata Bay, and stayed at this beautiful hostel-type place. It was more of a rocky beach than a sandy one, but I found this place to be so gorgeous. Everywhere I looked there was one beautiful view after another. I was an idiot though and forgot to charge my camera battery before we left so I was only able to take about 6 pictures. Hopefully, my house mates will take pity on me and let me get some of their snaps.
The place where we stayed is called Mayoka Village. The owners have this quote painted in the common area that says, “I’ve always hated private life…I grew up in a home where everyone at every time was welcomed.” This pretty much sums up the atmosphere of the place. At all times of the day, people are just in the common area (an outdoor, covered bar with pool tables, couches and tables) hanging out, talking and napping. There's swimming, hiking and other activities available. We stayed in a 3-bed chalet overlooking the water with a communal shower and toilet.
By the end of the first night, we met some other cool people (and yes, by other I meant people as cool as me) who were staying there. Our Mayoka village family ended up being 4 Swedes (2 girls + 2 guys), a Canadian (insert joke here), and another American. I had so much fun with these people. It was great. On American Independence day, we decided to have a party there. By some stroke of both luck and genius, I got to be the DJ. You have absolutely no idea how much I enjoyed this. Instead of two turntables and a microphone, picture me with two Ipods and a stereo rocking the house. I was behind the bar and people were coming up to request songs. For the rest of the time that I was there, people were coming up to me telling me how awesome a DJ I was. Yep, DJ T$ is on the scene!
So, I left Nkhata Bay as not only a famous DJ, but also a master whittler. There was a course available where a local carver would show you how to carve. Obviously, I was a natural. Not really, it took me 3.5 hours to carve these two little key chains (which turned out amazing). At the end, I asked the carver how long it would have taken him to do it. He replied, with a smile, about 20 minutes.
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