In the morning I went to the airport to catch my flight to Mulu. My driver was an Iban so he did not celebrate Chinese New Year. I...

This morning I went to feed the cat and the kittens before walking to the National Museum which had a whole section on the retrieved...

Climbing to the highest peak of Mulanje, Sapitwa, had been Erin’s and my goal but it takes three days to do so. So we took Friday off,...

This past weekend was so hot that the prolonged black-out did not help matter. The only time it is a little tolerable is early in the...

The big cracks in the walls of the building that houses the maternity unit are the first thing that catches one’s eyes when one gets to...

Over the weekend I stayed in Limbe, next to Blantyre and on Monday I traveled south to the East Bank to meet my team who traveled...

Erin and I headed towards Zomba Plateau this weekend.I met her while hiking Mulange. Parts of the road to Zomba are under construction...

At Grand Ward Rounds today they discussed a tragic story of a 45 year-old gravida 9 and para 7 woman from Mozambque who used a local herb...

This morning I spotted the mother pig with her ten piglets which had grown three times as big since I last saw them. A little girl ran...

My office is in the Nsanje District Hospital (NDH) with the mentors whom I supervise. Here there is no WI-FI and I have to wind my way...

Kalemba is about 46 km north of Nsanje, it is a Catholic community hospital and like Trinity it is better maintained than the government...

We could go to Blantyre twice a month to get away from Nsanje. Blantyre is the commercial center of Malawi. It has been over a month for...

Today marks exactly one month after I left home. Since I have some much briefings and materials thrown at me, I feel I am still learning...

We traveled to Tengani again today to observe their ART Clinic but it turned out it was not an ART day so we traveled further north to...

The reputation of Trinity as a well-kept place precedes my visit. It is a Catholic hospital and a paying one. Because of that there are...

In the morning I ran up the steep hill behind the lodge until I reached the top of a ridge, running into villagers young and old carrying...

On my run this morning a big black mommy pig grunted twice as she crossed my path followed very quickly by ten black cute piglets. I am...

This being Saturday, I had time to do a long run and so I ran to Chididi. The locals have been slashing and burning their land preparing...

We traveled south today to Mbenji Health Center. Like all the other health centers I have visited, it is basically an H-shaped structure...

Nyamithuthu is about 30 km north of Nsanje, 5 to 7 km from Tengani. It sits on the side of a dirt road after we turned off from the...