As seen around Lilongwe...or Malawi...

I have a sad and homegrown philosophical post to write, but it’s still cooking in my brain, so I will stick to another topic. First I thought the title would be, “The things you can carry on your head;” then I thought, why neglect the bicycle? So “Things you can carry on your head and on your bike;” but that didn’t include some other fantastic sights, so I thought I’d entitle it “As seen around Lilongwe…” This will be a working post with additions as I get more documentation. Excuse the poor quality, these are mainly pictures taken while driving (oops) from my cheap-o replacement phone camera.

PART A: The many uses of a person's head.

You can carry a board...a REALLY BIG board...

Or a house...a small house...we see this guy with this same house on his head every week. Many stories have been developed as to why he walks around Lilongwe with a straw house on his head. The mystery continues. 

With the addition of your head, you can carry three bags easily...

... or a cooler....

or a gigantic basket. Or there bags, edition #2

PART B: The many uses of a bicycle

Wood? Bottles? Shoes? 

I think it's empty, but who knows....

A huge bag of sticks for firewood

Or...my all-time favorite picture: a dead goat and a dead chicken. 

PART C: Sundry traffic sights:

These three vehicles are all making a right at the same time, onto a one-lane road. That's like making a left in the US, i.e., you have to cross on-coming traffic. Somehow everyone survived, no honking was made, and the vehicles all squeezed into that one lane, one after another.