Title: Nikki in Malawi (
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Busy busy busy - 01/Sep/2010 18:54 - 5209 days ago
Last week I was back down in Chikhwawa again on the Monday and Tuesday to revisit the students there and see how they were getti...
How to make a volunteer happy - 01/Sep/2010 18:05 - 5209 days ago
One of my housemates has recently returned to Malawi from a trip to the UK, she brought back loads of goodies for me, and alsoan...
Watch out there’s a chisoni about - 01/Sep/2010 17:55 - 5209 days ago
Recently we have taken up gardening; well this is of course the royal we. My role has been very influential in so much as that I...
It has not been my best week - 19/Aug/2010 17:26 - 5222 days ago
It would be fair to say it has not been my best week, not withstanding the chocolate tragedy, I have also still not been able to...
It has been a tragic day - 19/Aug/2010 17:21 - 5222 days ago
It was my birthday at the end of July and I have been making regular forays to the post office to see if any of my parcels have ...
The Flames came to Blantyre - 11/Aug/2010 18:53 - 5230 days ago
Today the Malawi Flames– Malawi's national football team – were playing at home to Botswana. It has to have been one of the ...
Internet difficulties - 11/Aug/2010 18:52 - 5230 days ago
Besides work, life and the universe for not writing much, one of the reasons that I am not very up-to-date with posting is the s...
Whoops it’s been a while now - 11/Aug/2010 18:51 - 5230 days ago
Haven't written anything on here for ages now, it is not because I haven't been doing anything but rather I have probably been m...
I have found the perfect bar - 08/Jul/2010 18:52 - 5264 days ago
Following on from my visit to Lilongwe market - see previous post, Perhaps not the best selling technique, I have now found the ...
Is this the best excuse ever for being late for work? - 08/Jul/2010 18:24 - 5264 days ago
Thursday 8thJuly 2010This morning I got up as usual, went to unlock the front door ready to go to work, and lo and behold couldn...
My fire lighting skills are coming on a treat - 08/Jul/2010 18:22 - 5264 days ago
No I haven't become a pyromaniac, but it is so chilly in the evenings out here, we are now having to light a fire each evening t...
A zebra crossing in Malawi - 08/Jul/2010 18:22 - 5264 days ago
Tuesday 6thJuly 2010 was a bank holiday in Malawi, celebrating Independence day. Took the opportunity to go on a little day tr...
Not necessarily the best selling technique - 23/Jun/2010 19:30 - 5279 days ago
On Saturday we travelled up from Cape McLear to Lilongwe and after finding the bus station and then the VSO guest house I got se...
Zomba Plateau - 23/Jun/2010 19:21 - 5279 days ago
After leaving Mvuu we headed on back down the road to Zomba where we were staying 2 nights on the plateau. We arrived in Zomba a...
Liwonde National Park - 23/Jun/2010 19:01 - 5279 days ago
I thought it was about time that I had a week of holiday having been here now for over 4 months, so persuading one of my fellow ...
A quick update - 09/Jun/2010 08:55 - 5293 days ago
So it has been awhile since I updated on my different antics here.14thMay was a bank holiday so we went to the lake again for th...
Celebrating International Nurses Day - 20/May/2010 08:12 - 5313 days ago
INTERNATIONAL NURSES DAYWEDNESDAY, MAY 12, 2010, BLANTYRETHEME: Delivering quality, serving communities: Nurses leading Chronic ...
3 months in Malawi already– where does time go - 16/May/2010 06:34 - 5317 days ago
I can't believe that I have been here 3 months already, it seems quite amazing that so much time has gone by, but then again I s...
Queen’s Day celebrations - 13/May/2010 06:40 - 5320 days ago
This weekend (1stof May) saw us going down to Mwanza, which is about a 90 minute drive from Blantyre, the us being myself, Bex a...
Slight translation problems - 03/May/2010 12:46 - 5330 days ago
Sometimes you end up having the most bizarre conversations– a couple of weeks ago we were chatting to this young man and the c...
Thyolo and the Black Missionaries - 29/Apr/2010 07:10 - 5334 days ago
Having been very kindly invited down to Thyolo by Bex and Matt for the weekend, I arrived there on Friday evening, courtesy of B...
A Tactical error - 27/Apr/2010 20:08 - 5336 days ago
Made a tactical error on Thursday, decided that I needed to go to the bank and get some money for the weekend. Fridays are mad b...
A new husband - 27/Apr/2010 19:30 - 5336 days ago
When walking to and from work someone generally starts up a conversation with you. Some out of genuine friendliness others I am ...
A new home again - 27/Apr/2010 19:25 - 5336 days ago
Sorry rather behind on the updates, it has been a combination of events, generally being a bit more busy, and really poor intern...
Easter Weekend at Fat Monkeys - 11/Apr/2010 05:53 - 5352 days ago
On Good Friday was picked up from the house by Bex and Matt in their lovely new car ready to drive to Fat Monkeys at Cape McLear...
Practicing with my new tent - 10/Apr/2010 07:28 - 5353 days ago
Prior to the Easter weekend, I had wondered off to Game during the lunch hour to purchase a tent and mattress for the forthcomin...
I’ll get you my pretty ones - 08/Apr/2010 11:45 - 5355 days ago
Except there is nothing pretty about them. I am currently being haunted by millions of tiny little ants. The little tykes are ev...
Flashing is a very annoying habit - 26/Mar/2010 20:58 - 5368 days ago
The first time someone said that they would flash me, I was rather taken aback and no this is not what you might be thinking due...
The Daily Routine - 24/Mar/2010 07:41 - 5370 days ago
Our trusty water filterAm sorted out into a daily routine.5 am– get up and get ready for work6.15– leave home and walk to wo...
Mini ba loose anyone - 23/Mar/2010 07:20 - 5371 days ago
Travelling around Blantyre (and most other places in Malawi to be exact) is usually done via the minibus. The above photo shows ...
Internet bliss - 22/Mar/2010 13:23 - 5372 days ago
Oh what joy, potentially regular internet access at last. One of the things that I miss is being able to log on to the internet ...
I stand corrected - 21/Mar/2010 13:20 - 5373 days ago
In my previous post I said that Lake Malawi was the 3rdlargest lake in the world, actually it isn't– sorry Lake Malawi. It is ...
A little bit of play as well as work - honest - 18/Mar/2010 11:08 - 5376 days ago
So this last weekend Friday 12thMarch saw a vast array ofVSO'ersgathering atKandeBeach on Lake Malawi. We left at 5am for the 8 ...
Martyrs Day - 07/Mar/2010 10:27 - 5387 days ago
So Wednesday 3rd was a public holiday to celebrate Martyrs Day. The local newspapers all had big supplements discussing Martyrs ...
Pictures - 03/Mar/2010 10:28 - 5391 days ago
This is the road leading down to our house. Whats missing - yep you guessed it pavements and street lamps. There are very few pa...
New home - 27/Feb/2010 11:32 - 5395 days ago
Well we have moved into our new house now, that happened last Saturday. Our house is really nice and sits in this massive garden...
no home yet - 19/Feb/2010 08:31 - 5403 days ago
We traveled from Lilongwe to Blantyre on Saturday, leaving the VSO guest house at 12.30. There was a slight technical hitch with...
Nikki is in Malawi - 10/Feb/2010 16:16 - 5412 days ago
Well I arrived safely in Malawi on Sunday 7thFebruary. Flew overnight from LondontoJohannesburg, managing to solve many a crime ...
M-Day - 06/Feb/2010 08:11 - 5416 days ago
So it is finally here, the day that I fly off to Malawi. Bags are all packed, only problem there is that I can't lift them. Me t...
It is all getting close now - 23/Jan/2010 04:53 - 5430 days ago
It is beginning to feel real now. 2 weeks to D Day. Flights are booked finally, and am flying out on 6th Feb, (2 weeks today). N...
Last Christmas in England - 22/Dec/2009 19:50 - 5462 days ago
Well it is certainly feeling like Christmas here, lots of snow and very cold weather. It will be very different next year, curre...
Lack of IT skills - 28/Oct/2009 20:11 - 5517 days ago
I think it is just as well I am not going out there to Malawi to teach IT skills, it took me nearly 2 hours just to create two s...
Nikki McKeag is fundraising for Voluntary Service Overseas - JustGiving - 27/Oct/2009 21:04 - 5518 days ago
Nikki McKeag is fundraising for Voluntary Service Overseas - JustGivingPosted usingShareThis...
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