This morning I went up to the Malawi Sun hotel in Blantyre to pick up a couple of scones for breakfast from the really good bakery in the hotel's food court. Then back to the house for a spot of work.
At around 11:15 I headed off in Daisy to the Blantyre Lodge to pick up Nishi who has arrived to start her time here on the project, having got a call from Lilongwe to confirm that she was on the 7am AXA coach.
I've no idea what the ladies are doing wrong, but just as with Nataša, Nishi's luggage didn't arrive in Lilongwe with her flight. They say that the bag should arrive in Lilongwe today, so hopefully we'll get a call to go and get it from the airport tomorrow.
In the meantime, Nishi is now getting some rest, and the three of us will head off for a bite to eat later on this evening.
Showing posts with label luggage. Show all posts
Showing posts with label luggage. Show all posts
Sunday, 8 August 2010
Friday, 4 June 2010
Luggage Update
No choice but to bite the bullet. The guys who are in Blantyre at the moment have told me what they took out with them, and I'll use this to focus my next effort. As they point out, clothes can be washed, ironed and/or bought!
Wednesday, 2 June 2010
The Luggage Question
One of those issues that suddenly jumps up and bites you has come to light.
Having been advised by Alastair (who was out in Malawi earlier in the year, and who will be returning later) that he found that he had packed too much, I was preparing to cut back my luggage "ruthlessly". However, given that my allowance with Kenya Airways is 2 x 23kg bags in the hold, and then a shoulder bag and a laptop as hand luggage, I was feeling fine. However, now that the final leg of my journey (from Lilongwe to Blantyre) has been booked for 9 June, I see from the Air Malawi website that my allowance is just 20kg. Even with judicious pruning, there's no way I'm going to be under 20kg (I'm carrying books, for example), so there is now an investigation of the implications going on in Malawi as I write this. Much thanks to Kondwani in Blantyre and Cecilia in Lilongwe for their efforts on this.
It just goes to show that it's really hard to foresee all eventualities, and reinforces the benefits of building a database of every issue that arises together with the eventual solution (if any) so that the organisation continues to learn over time.
Having been advised by Alastair (who was out in Malawi earlier in the year, and who will be returning later) that he found that he had packed too much, I was preparing to cut back my luggage "ruthlessly". However, given that my allowance with Kenya Airways is 2 x 23kg bags in the hold, and then a shoulder bag and a laptop as hand luggage, I was feeling fine. However, now that the final leg of my journey (from Lilongwe to Blantyre) has been booked for 9 June, I see from the Air Malawi website that my allowance is just 20kg. Even with judicious pruning, there's no way I'm going to be under 20kg (I'm carrying books, for example), so there is now an investigation of the implications going on in Malawi as I write this. Much thanks to Kondwani in Blantyre and Cecilia in Lilongwe for their efforts on this.
It just goes to show that it's really hard to foresee all eventualities, and reinforces the benefits of building a database of every issue that arises together with the eventual solution (if any) so that the organisation continues to learn over time.
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