The restaurant was on a ridge on top of one of the mountains about 15 minutes out of Mzuzu. The road to the restaurant was a dirt road.
We were greeted by the owner who gave us a tour of the grounds. He was British but lived in Malawi 12 years. He acquired this piece of land and is building a resort. He was in the process of putting in a swimming pool and beach volley ball courts.
What was amazing were the terraced gardens. The flowers were beautiful. I didn't take my camera. I was bummed. Apparently on a clear day you can see Lake Malawi, but it is very smoky because of fires burning all around.
Sunday , we went to church. They had several choirs there. Some of them were really good. The Africans are wonderful singers. They have great voices and really get into their singing.
Sunday afternoon was spent getting ready for today, our first clinic day which went rather smoothly. It can be frustrating working with the Malawians as there work ethic is so different. Maybe we are starting to Americanize them. It is hard to get them to follow instructions. I am learning to just go with whatever. Hopefully the rest of the week will go well. Next week we will be doing a clinic outside of Mzuzu. I suspect it will be much harder.
The fuel shortage does not help those of us that must get around. We were taken home on black market petroleum. The doctor got it from one of the volunteers, he said it was probably better not to know how it was acquired.
It is very hot here. The sun rises and sunsets are spectacular. It gets warm here very early and does not cool off too much at night.
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