Finland, here we came!!!

These culture differences between malawian behave for white people is somehow unbelievable! Saturday we invited our a friend to come to eat with us if he want, we didn't say to him that we will pay the food but what happens is this: we ate and had fun together, chatted and everything was nice. I ate first time really good beef, usually they are so dry but this one was really good one. Ok, then when we were paying our check and we of course all pay our own bils, but somehow this boy didn't have even at all money with him what was quite weard to me. Of course I was a bit sorry to him, and felt like he was using us... To me it would be okey if that boy would say at the first place that ”I'm sorry, but I don't have money” so then we could have go to some cheap place and pay the bilt for him, but who will come to eating with your friends to a restaurant without having even money and expecting that your friends will pay it? It just isn't fear. Why don't you just be honest and say that sorry I don't have money?

Also one thing I don't understand, there is so many malawian and african who wear really nice clothes. And when I asked this boy that where does he bought his clothes he told me some pretty expensive shops. So, why does he spent his money for clothes and then doesn't have money for food? It's that the ego is so big that you have to wear nicely and look good, even that you don't have money. Seems to me pretty odd, because in Finland people were nice, new clothes when they can afford them not so that after they have buy them they are p-a. Even that I am white doesn't mean that I am rich, I also have to work really hardly to get money.

Monkeys in Zambia

Okey, now some nice news. Our journey to Sambia was just so awesome! But I also felt that I was too little time in Sambia, I didn't really saw much there for so little time. So, our Safari trip to Botswana was really nice, but if I would do it again I would do only 1 day trip there. First we went to a boat safari and we saw like hippoes, elephants, lizard, crocodiles,.. It was pretty nice to be there, and the view was amazing to taking those photos on a boat.

LIONS

CROCODILE

Tiny little less than 1 month old elephant baby!

Then we went to eating and after eating we went to game drive for 5 hours. Well we had one stop but it was already pretty long game drive. We saw much and much of animals there but after 3 hours I felt pretty sleepy so I felt that 5 hours maybe was s bit too long without real brakes. We saw lots of animals there like a elephants (again), bumba, TIMON!!, a leopard, antilopes, lions, mating turtles etc.

Then we did went to back to our camp. Yes, we did stayed in to the WILD! Our camp was at the center of national park and it was amazing. First when we came we had to put on our sneakers that scorpions won't bite you. And then we sat with a bonfire light and ate without even seing what you have on your plate. Hahahaha, that felt a bit funny to me, when I always like to see what I am eating to get more delight for eating. Only one thing wasn't so nice in this safari tour. The second day we went to a game drive like 6.30 and drove about 3 hours. Then we went back to camp untill 16!! So we were at the campus first eating a lunch and then just taking 3 hours sleeps because we just had to wait that we can go back to Sambia. That was pretty odd to me. I can't understand why the first day was so full of safari trips and then the second day only one?! Why we had to wait like 6 hours at the camp? Can't understand!

Our camp in the national park

lovely elephant

Transport from Sambia to Malawi was perhaps my scariest bustrip in my Africa trip. First we went to that bus deposit at 4.30 am because that bus was supposed to live at 5am, but because this is africa nothing works correctly so the bus left like 7am. So we waited 2,5hours in the bus!!! Already feeling very very sweaty. When we finally left we found out that the driver has to be malawian driver. He drived like a crazy, like he was late for somehing. So we just hear toot when we reached every curl and saw some cows or other animals running away from our bus. That roud seems to me to be like a serpentine roud and really small, so I did felt a bit bad. When we had our stops we had only time to go to pee but not buy anything to eat so I was REALLY HUNGRY when we finally reached Malawi. We also had some problems at the border but luckily we didn't have to go back to Lusaka like the man there first said. We just waited for a while and then everything was great. After they had securitychecked our bus so we could continue going to Malawi. I was very thankfull for God that He sent angels to save our journey back to Malawi, it was pretty scary. And so that you will understand me how fast driver did drove was like this: when we left Malawi and went to Sambia that trip took 13hours, with some short stops. And when we came back and stopped like 2,5hours at the border that trip took only like 12hours, so as you can see he drove only like 9,5 hours! The trip distance was about 720km! So it was really fast!

This week we have only relaxed and stayed at the pool for swimming and just hangout. And at the weekend we went to one orphane house to helping the nannies for playing with the kids, feeding them ans so oon. We also bought some food ans milk powder to the kids and we had awesome time there. I also have finally realised or at least I hope that it's this what have been in my heart past a few weeks: poor, small kids. I want to help them so I have been thinking of that I would come after I have graduated and help these kids. God has put them into my heart <3

This last week has been kind of sad. Everytime I met some friend she/he says that it's our last week, our last saturday, or last sunday, or last monday etc. And everytime I feel very sad. It has been so amazing experience to be here that I don't really wanna go back!! Well, of course it's very nice to go to back and see your family and your friends, but somehow I feel that my heart is here. It melted when I was here, so I feel that it may stay here... at least until I come back. It's so weard that first you miss your home and now you don't even wanna go back to home. It's even so nice that when we were at Lusaka, Zambia and came back to Malawi we felt that we came back to home. KCN has become our home, it feels like home and that feels it's so great. I have learn and see and feel so many things that I can't even put on words, but definetly life changing experience.

Maybe most things what we have missed is fridge. Yes, we haven't cook for 3 months so maybe our skills are on rusty :D Can you imagine we have to eat our for 3 months?! Oh, how horrible is that :D haha, at least now we have real big shock when we go back to home and see that it really is different! We have to cook because it's really expencive to eating out. First when I am going to arrive to Finland I am so going to drink real milk! Not anymore powder, real milk! And yoghurt! That's also what I am missing. I have eat only two times yoghurt and that happened so that I pay it and then take a transport back to hostel and eat it immediately.

Also it's very very very nice to sleep withour malaria net!!! I am so bored with it :D Every night I have to put it and if I feel that I have to go to toilet then I have to crawl away under the net and after toilet back under the net :D Also the dust is so awful. I have to wear shoes all the time or else my feet will be very dusty because floor is made with stones.

It's also very nice to take a shower without wearing shoes :D Yeah! I have took a shower with my shoes almost 3 months now! And when I am going home probably it will feel weard when I don't need to put shoes. And there will be warm water!! WUHUU! The problem is that when it's hot then also water is hot, and when it's cold like rainy days then water is also very cold. So then you don't feel that you want to take a shower, even that you are sweaty. So it's pretty nice to go home and take nice hot shower and go to a sauna, that is what I have missed some cold rainy days. Sauna, my dearest friend :D hahaha. At least we did find Sauna here in Malawi ;) In crossroad hotel!!!

men catching mangoes!!!! AH, I love them!

And at the end of my blogg I have to say that I have really enjoyed to writing this. Now my 30hours journey back to home will start. I am so missing Malawi, my new dearest friends,... Africa has totally stolen my heart! I love it! Ah! God bless our journey that I will get home safetly! :) It was funny that we were joking with Elina last weekend that now we have our SUMMER holiday and when we are going back to Finland then we have our WINTER holiday! So, winter holiday here I am coming!! Missed Finland but kind of feeling that I would like to stay longer!!