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Blantyre (Malawi) 1 - A new experience

On a Saturday morning we flew to Lilongwe the capital of Malawi. Blantyre being our destination we had to complete the visa formalities here before taking the flight to Blantyre. Due to the short transit time we were chased by the airport and airline authorities through the via entry, check in and flight on-boarding to Blantyre.
Once inside the flight we were pleasantly surprised to have a co-passenger whose face resembled Indian. On getting familiar, came know this person belongs to Malawi with roots in India. Should be surprised with Indian faces in foreign land, we promised. By the time we spoke about India and Malawi out flight was ready for landing. The flight bound to Cape Town dropped the Blantyre passengers on the way in about 40 minutes from Lilongwe.
Blantyre airport - now this is how an airport looked, 20 years ago.. The flight screeched to landing and tax-ing to halt was rough. The airport had a small conveyor belt and one can see their check-in baggage's being moved out of the plane and placed on it. Just outside this small enclosure was the reception area and we were out of the airport,the quickest ever.
Our pick-up cab driven by driver Paanji, took us through a 15 minutes drive to our accommodation at Kabula road. This was a deserted road and kept us wondering if were are on the safer side. We were to stay in a guest house, belonging to the British era. The building which served as an embassy office cum the Ambassador's house that time. Still staying strong it screams of old age. We checked in as the only occupant of the wonderful guest house called House 5. The staff was kind enough and welcomed us with continental breakfast.
With this kick starts our Blantyre visit. Staying tuned to this uterly different experience to embark us.. 
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Location: Blantyre, Malawi

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