Hello everyone! I leave today for my 6 week trip to Malawi. I am going to be in Blantyre, Malawi doing an internal medicine rotation at the Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital. There will be 8 MSU medical students at QECH and we will all be living together in Dr. Terrie Taylor’s home in Blantyre for the 6 weeks. Dr. Taylor spends 6 months a year in Africa doing malaria research and the other 6 months back in the US lecturing at MSU.
I am finally all packed and ready to go. I have 2 big bags and backpack. I am sure I am over the luggage weight limit, but at this point there isn’t much I can do about that! I just took my 1st dose of Malarone (my malaria prophylaxis), and I hope it doesn’t make me sick. My flight from Detroit to JFK leaves today at 1:30, and then it’s JFK to South Africa! That flight is almost 18 hours long. I just bought a new camera so I am hoping to use the time on the flight to figure out how to use it! My friend Shant & I will spend Friday in Johannesburg and then fly to Malawi on Saturday. There is a group of 8 students that will be just finishing their 6 week rotation when we arrive. I am hoping that we will see some of them before they take off so that they can tell us all about their amazing trip!
I will try to write as often as possible and keep you all updated on my life in Blantyre! I really have no idea what to expect, but I cannot wait to get there! Wish me luck!
Niamh
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