http://anotherdayoflife.org/blog Wed, 22 Oct 2008 15:01:58 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en http://anotherdayoflife.org/blog/archives/50 Originally uploaded by gert. http://anotherdayoflife.org/blog/archives/126 Originally uploaded by gert. http://anotherdayoflife.org/blog/archives/127 Originally uploaded by gert. http://anotherdayoflife.org/blog/archives/125 Originally uploaded by gert. http://anotherdayoflife.org/blog/archives/48 Originally uploaded by gert. http://anotherdayoflife.org/blog/archives/116 Alex (r) at the Mtendere Guesthouse, Chiponda, Namwera, Mozambique border. Originally uploaded by gert. http://anotherdayoflife.org/blog/archives/83 Malawi looks grim. It is by far the poorest country I've visited. The situation might be slightly better now than fifteen years ago - when I was here for the first time - it is still indefinitely poorer than it's neighboring countries. Goods are incredibly cheap, a Coke costs about 10p, ... http://anotherdayoflife.org/blog/archives/45 I'm picking up a parcel with new cameras, but DHL slapped a whopping 38408.90 kwachas import duty on it, which I'm reluctant to pay. Nobody blinked an eye when I crossed borders with my first 60 ones, so I don't see why right now I should pay duty for an ... http://anotherdayoflife.org/blog/archives/46 Off to Tete, the hottest place on earth, halfway on the main road connecting Malawi with Zimbabwe and eventually Blantyre, where a shipping with new cameras is waiting. Tete looks as typical a Mozambican town as you can get: as if nothing changed since Independence, with retro neon billboards, and obviously, ... http://anotherdayoflife.org/blog/archives/42