Archive for December, 2006

Rain on the plain

Walking high on the Zomba plateau, we had a fine view of various rain storms moving across the plain and drenching the distant hills. Eventually, we got soaked too.

by George

Meet George. He repaired our punctured tyre in less than 20 minutes without hydraulic tools, and hand pumped it to exactly the right pressure with no guage. As you can tell, he was quite pleased to be congratulated for a job well done.

Smart as paint

Our host has a ready supply of quirky expressions for all occasions.

Postcard from Malawi

Car: Chav chav, how-are-you?

Truck: Chav, fine-and-you?

Car: Check out this new use for wing mirrors. The fish get to dry in the sun without asphyxiating the passengers.

Truck: So what? We’ve been doing it for years.