Our last day & night!!!!

Hi all - Here we are on our last night in Malawi - we have just left Ryalls a very "posh" restaurant and are all feeling pretty full and looking forward to returning home. The staff were presented with surprise gifts from the rest of the Team. Most have now gone off to bed as I update the final blog from Malawi. Today we spent the morning at a local secondary school where we were once again made very welcome, after speeches and a taste of local culture we again treated the Malawians to our rendition of Auld Lang Syne before joining them for a game of volleyball and basketball. In the afternoon some of us went to PAMET, a paper recycling plant , where we watched the workers producing recycled paper from not just discarded card etc but also bark from the boabab tree and elephant dung no less!!!!! bet you are all looking forward to your pressies now!!! A final trip to the stalls to spend our extra "kwacha" filled the rest of the day.

We had a small awards ceremony at our meal - below the list of credits:

Most touching moment : The visit to the orphange
Blondest moment : 1st: Kirsty - The trolley story
2nd Lauren - who did not know that South Africa was a country!!! Ask her to explain.
3rd Chloe - too many to mention
Shopper of the trip: Donuts - his mum is going to kill him
Best Barterer : Dayne - got us all a good deal
King of the one liners:- Mark - too many to mention
Most selfish act:- McLennan - the doughnuts story
Most politically uncorrect moment:- Lauren - there's more to that story!!
Best impersonation of an STV cameraman:- McLennan
Funniest moment : Chloe, Caitlin & Danielle:- dancing on stage
Best body :- Callum......... Ross of course!!
Eating for Malawi Award: Ryan & Danielle
Most tolerant person :- Sheena ( the trip was another day in the life of the other two staff when it came to teenagers)
Best overseas correspondent: Lindsay (who made contact with UK & Spain)
Most unusual and fastest way to clean a bathroom - Elizabeth
Female award - the most impact on Malawian Male :- Judith
Male award - the most impact on Malawian females :- Donut
Most relevant name : Danger our safari guide
Most Observant moment:- McLennan - when he asked the guide if that was a chalet in the distance? answer - no its a termite mound.
Most memorable moment: Boat safari - "Kirsty" - received the wooden hippo award.
Best supporting Role - Knocks our driver

Thank you to everyone who has supported our trip and followed our blog - too many to mention. We know that many of you followed regularly without leaving messages. I am sure that you have all realised that this has been a very special trip of a lifetime for us all - with experiences that we will carry with us for ever. We will continue to update this blog over the next few weeks. We look forward to seeing you all very soon & hope you will attend the Community Event we have planned in the new school term.

we leave here tomorrow at 10am and e.s.t.a in Nairn Thursday 2pm.

until then take care and enjoy your last day of peace love Elizx