Thanksgiving

Posted in Events, Lilongwe, Party by Dom on November 24th, 2006

So Thanksgiving was pretty awesome. Unfortunately I didn’t get any pictures so even when I do finally get some up, they won’t be from there.

It was a really good time. We all agreed rather quickly that the ambassadors (oooh at ambasa) house seemed like a level from Bond. With all the glass, dark wood and gardens. Gazebo’s, pools, grills, furniture, etc. It was a very nice place. It actually help set in the fact that I’m living here in southern Africa. I haven’t seen anything like it in America. Crazy nice. The pool measurements were in feet, which was novel.

The food was really good. They barbequed a whole pig. There were like 7 different mashed potato dishes, sweet potatoes, breads, stuffing, deserts, and it just goes on and on. I got so full after one plate I went and tried to take a nap under a tree in the shade. Very pleasant.

The ride home was a lot more lively than I expected considering the days activities. We had a fleetwood mac’s greatest hits tape cranked, and I was tapping out the beat on the 13 passenger minivan’s snorkel. Under the second most red sunset I’d seen here in Africa yet.

The absurdity level was astronomical considering that a little over a week ago I was in a mud hut with a thatch roof eating sima, and then I am in some palatial mansion of wood and glass gorging on pig and pumpkin pie. Speaking in English to everyone, no less.

All in all, it was a grand time, and I definitely apperciated the break from the status quo that seems to have been achieved.

*edit* I got a mohawk the night before.