Thursday, February 16, 2006

Pancakes, up the table leg, one fish two fish, drummer boy and greens.

1. Pancakes with cinnamon, sugar and lime.

2. There was also a dish of golden syrup. It made a ring on the table and ants came to drink from it, lining up round the edge like little cattle.

3. Lake Malawi is described as being like a giant aquarium -- we saw little blue fish and some spotted ones.

4. Andi from Kande gave me a drumming lesson in his shop. He and his friends gather on the full moon for a few beers and bonfire on the beach. I tell him that I do the same with my friends sometimes -- we go to the woods though.

5. One of the souvenir sellers tells me that they roll joints out of maize leaves. ‘Do you get the munchies?’ I ask. He laughs. ‘It’s best right before dinner and then you can go home and eat two platefuls.’

Kande Beach, Malawi

In and out, cool skid and peppercorns.

1. Love to catch sight of our children running in and out of the soft play frame. 2. He falls to his knees in a slide across the floor to ex...