This is where we live.
Area 43. Off Mphonongo Road. House number 43/2/85. Lilongwe, Malawi, Africa, Earth.
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This is our red gate. Our view from the house. Discuss.
We live in a house. A 3 bedroom house. (This means we have plenty of space for visitors!) It comes complete with running water and flushing toilets, a refrigerator with ice cube trays, mosquito nets (we prefer chemical prophylaxis) and electricity, which is present for at least 20 unpredictable hours a day. Also visible here is our "solarium" (i.e. a screened-in room) which now contains a clothesline fashioned from the twine scavenged from the previous owners' shrine to their dead cat. Now we can hang clothes without fear of bot fly larvae burrowing into our skin. Luxury!
Also notable is the yard. Brody enjoys speculating about the size of said yard. (He thinks I don't know that the word "acre" has no real meaning to him.) Our gardener's name is Annusa. He makes us brooms and sweeps our yard. Sweeps! Other skills include burning garbage and dead leaves. The grounds look beautiful and he is such a sweet person.
No major surprises so far, which makes for difficult blogging, loved ones. Except for the night, I suppose, which falls early and quickly here. The darkness here is quite striking, despite the veranda and porch lights the guards insist on keeping lit throughout the night. We can't help but notice it every night. We fall asleep to dogs barking madly in the distance and wonder whether it is the ones freely roaming the streets or those locked away behind tall brick fences.
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