Category: Malawi

  • Best Of Southern and Eastern Africa

    Our three and a half months in Africa were extremely varied: we marveled at some beautiful landscapes, had some wonderful wildlife experiences, got to travel with friends, summited a mountain, endured some really rough and uncomfortable overland travel, dealt with some frustrating logisitcal setbacks, and overcame a bit of a “what are our goals here?”…

  • TIA: This is Africa

    A boy walks up to your bus trying to sell you a mousetrap, razor blades, wallets, and watering cans. A woman walks down the highway carrying an infant on her back and the largest sack of potatoes I’ve ever seen on her head. A truck drives by with several large, dead fish hanging off the…

  • Nkhata Bay: Cabin Fever

    Our time in Nkhata Bay, in the north of Malawi and on the shore of Lake Malawi, was a bit mixed: the beginning of our stay was relaxing and exciting, but by the end we found ourselves bored and frustrated. Let me back up. After a bus ride from Zomba that managed to take “only”…

  • Yum: Nali Hot Sauce

    Unfortunately, we were not in Malawi long enough to get a good taste for what the country’s cuisine is all about (unless it really is just chicken and chips, in which case we had more than enough time to get a taste for it…), but one thing we loved about every meal in Malawi was…

  • A Malawian Thanksgiving

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    After a stressful and uncomfortable two days of travel in northern Mozambique, we entered southern Malawi looking for a bit of relaxation and a break from the heat. We spent two nights in Blantyre, where we enjoyed a historical tour of the city’s oldest building, the international influence of a Hindu temple and a distinctly…