New Members of the Family

After lots of soul searching, we adopted 2 dogs. Everyone here has dogs, and everyone says we need dogs.

They are part of the security system. First we have an 8 foot high brick wall. Second our wall is topped by razor wire. Third we have two guards every night coked up on black tea and the threat of termination if caught sleeping. (We make them text us every hour to prove they are awake while we sleep.) Fourth are the new dogs to wake the guards who probably sleep anyway. And finally if all else fails, we have panic alarms that send in pickup trucks full of machete wielding security guards who roam the streets at night daring the burglars to attempt something silly. This isn't Johannesburg but we do take precautions.

Meet the new members of our family-Sarah and Claire-two fly bitten Malawi muts who, importantly, are very mild tempered despite their constant barking. The perfect watch dogs for a Malawi ex-pat family.






Note to mothers and potential visitors: It is actually very safe here. Almost no violent crime. But security is a case where you have to keep up with the Jones. If everyone else is doing it, we don't want to be the runt on our street.