http://schachweb.com Malawi - the warm heart of Africa Fri, 03 Sep 2010 12:41:00 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en My friend Greg Moran aka Gregson Gregs founded the African Toyshop some years back. A long time dream that only could be realised due to Gregson’s extensive travels in the region as a consultant. His regional network would suddenly proof to be the perfect logistical structure to gather unique handmade ... http://schachweb.com/?p=53 No excuse this time; can’t believe it has half a year since my last post! Maybe, my posts were beginning to repeat themselves – a bit like life here that seems be somewhat circular with the same activities and events. Be here long enough and the only thing that are ... http://schachweb.com/?p=52 Yet another night all about goodbyes – this time to Amalie, Anja, Anne Katrine and my darling housemate Louise. Goodbye Girls and thanks for a lovely party.[photopress:Darko_and_Niels.JPG,full,centered]I will fly out of Malawi tomorrow – will spend 3 days in Holland with the Dutch Buggers and 3 days with Paulo Pax ... http://schachweb.com/?p=51 I am, in all modesty, extremely impressed with what Louise, Paul, Mercan, Tina and myself managed to cook in a short space of time with the ingredients available here. Many thanks to Jes for transporting the Danish delights that can’t be made - hope you get the herring smell out of ... http://schachweb.com/?p=49 Sam Harris was invited to speak end of last year by the Long Now Foundation. The subject evolves around the notion of religious moderation and the dangers and fallbacks that come with that. I know that Sam Harris’s message will offend some of you, but please view it as an ... http://schachweb.com/?p=48 This clip is faaaaaaaantastic... Its was the last time this guy ever hosted on Dutch television - he is now a radio host. [ev type="wmv"" width="432" height="400" data="http://www.schachweb.com/videos/holditin.wmv" image="http://www.schachweb.com/videos/videopic/holditin.JPG"][/ev] And here is a taste of Underbyen for those of you who didnt take the time to visit their website[ev type="youtube" data="xy-66WGK5EE"][/ev]"Af samme stof som stof" from the ... http://schachweb.com/?p=47 Please check the previous post “underbyen” for new pictures!The sun was just setting casting shades of red over Lilongwe – the roads oozed of people trying to make it home before darkness to avoid the dangers that follows. The manager in charge of collecting money from a few rural bakeries ... http://schachweb.com/?p=44 Just read a review of the Danish band “Underbyen” and again the praise don’t seem to have an end. They sing in Danish, but the international audience is bigger than the Danish – go to their site (in English) and find out why. Do yourself a favor, download some tunes and ... http://schachweb.com/?p=40 Most people here are on contract of varying length, but common for (nearly) all are that they will leave Malawi at one point. They are not only leaving the country, also the friends that stay behind. This form of work means letting a lot of people in and out of ... http://schachweb.com/?p=39 Most Malawians drive about 30 km pr hour, but of course I had to have an encounter with the odd one out returning form the lake last Sunday. We just got back to Lilongwe heading for the Teachers College Apartments in area 25 to drop off Ben. I was breaking ... http://schachweb.com/?p=38