How does one get from San Diego to the Rafiki Village in Malawi? I’m glad you asked.

Here’s my itinerary:

Saturday, July 4, 2015 10:30 PM Leave on United flight #238 for Washington/Dulles (just 10 minutes from my old stomping grounds in Sterling, VA)

Arrive into Dulles at 6:10 AM for a short four hour layover at IAD (breakfast DC friends?)

Leave on Ethiopian Airways flight #501 bound for Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Leave on Ethiopian Airways flight #877 bound for Lilongwe, Malawi

Arrive into Lilongwe on July 6th at 12:20 PM, fully refreshed from my 36 hours of travel (so far).

Lilongwe is the capital of Malawi and the only commercial airport in the country.

I hope to get picked-up here by someone from the mission for the four hour (!) drive to Mzuzu, where the orphanage is located.