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http://tripwow.tripadvisor.com/tripwow/ta-00be-0afc-cf87?ytv5=1 The best pictures of Blantyre taken by travel bloggers at TravelPod.com the web's premier travel blogging platform. Slideshow created at TripWow.com by TripAdvisor™. Top Pics of Blantyre - "Sunset over Lake Malawi" by Liss0 from a blog titled "Two weeks left" Excerpt: "Mulibwanji!!! One week left till my days in Malawi come to an end. I can hardly believe it...The months of February and March were an adventurous one. I have been very fortunate to meet a great friend and wonderful family who has shown me the beauty's of Malawi and making this trip unforgettable. MOUNT MULANJE First off, I never thought my birthday would ever of been spent in East Africa. My Malawian friend Steven and roommate Claudine took me to Mount Mulanje, which is the mountain with the highest peak in Central Africa. The drive was both stunning and inspiring with never a dull moment. On each side of the road, villages comprised of shaggy thatched homes would be seen and all along the road you witness a tiny peak to what the day-to-day activities of a Malawian would be. Women are most of the times walking either with baskets or tubs on their heads, kids playing in the dirt or also carrying their little sibling on their backs or water jugs on their heads, and men typically riding " ... - "Selling potatoes" by Liss0 from a blog titled "Three weeks in...." Excerpt: "Hi everyone, sorry it's taken me so long to fill you in on what it has been like to live in Malawi. there's so much to say so I'll try not to make it too long...but it'll probably happen anyway...i split it up so feel free to read what you want...or just look at pics... WORK: The first few weeks I have mainly been looking at health data files of mothers who delivered in the year 2006 at Blantyre Adventist Hospital, which is where I am stationed. Things I'm looking for include: when mothers start seeking Antenatal Care (ANC), how many ANC visits are completed, if they were tested for HIV, if they had a c-sectionm, artificial rupture of membranes or episotomy if HIV positive.... Basically seeing what their protocol is for working with HIV postive mothers and how they are preventing the transmission from mother-to-child. If the mother chooses to uptake the full PMTCT services, such as a c-section and using infant formula instead of breastfeeding, the probability of the baby being infected" ... - "Tea Leaf Farm" by Liss0 from a blog titled "Two weeks left" - "Kids playing and washing clothes" by Liss0 from a blog titled "Two weeks left" - "Giraffe" by Liss0 from a blog titled "Two weeks left" - "Village" by Liss0 from a blog titled "Two weeks left" - "All smiles" by Liss0 from a blog titled "Two weeks left" More from Blantyre at http://www.travelpod.com/travel-blog-city/Malawi/Blantyre/tpod.html