Ride Ride Ride, Hitching a Ride

Posted in Training, Overall by Dom on November 22nd, 2006

So today we got to hitch. Basically they took us out to the side of the road, 4 pairs at a time. Dropped us off along with a trainer. Gave us a destination and then let each pair of us flag down whatever we could and head to the market, which was our goal.

Yorgos (my partner in the pair) and I ended up going to Dedza Pottery for a good meal before we headed back. It was pretty awesome. I got a ploughmans lunch and a sandwich and a coke. I ended up dropping about a KG (that’s a grand of kwach{so kwacha is the malawian currency and I’ve slangified it by dropping the a}). Anyway, after that we got another ride back to the boma. It was pretty sweet all in all, we rode in two minibuses, which are basically haggard old minivans and a ride from some NGO’s in a sweet SUV.

Oh and I feel like I should also mention this near by bar that gets hit up from time to time. Ed’s place. It’s really sweet with a dark wood checker board, a deck of cards, and a bawo board laying out, comfy chairs, african carvings and the greatest selection of carlsburg available. It’s pretty great. And so is the bartender. He taught me some bawo strategy. There’s a sign hanging inside, written in blue pen that says “Respect a fool to avoid noise.”