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Long Journeys, Beautiful Places and Big Unknowns - Months 8, 9 & 10 in Malawi

Hello! Ben here - long time, no blog. We've kept meaning to write one, but with this hokey kokey of lockdown and coronavirus we keep waiting for things to be more known or certain before we do! But of course, things keep being unknown and now unfortunately we may only have a couple of weeks left in beautiful Malawi! Lazarus Chakwera Some big things have happened in Malawi since we last posted. Mainly, there's a new president! There's generally a really great buzz around him and what he could do for the country. If you're interested this BBC article gives a pretty good overview of Mr Lazarus Chakwera. He seems to be genuinely not corrupt and over the past few weeks we have been seeing arrest after arrest of corrupt officials who had been getting away with murder (sometimes literally). So that's exciting, it's really cool to see action being taken and there being a new hope for the future of Malawi! Holidayyyyy Over the past couple of months we&