Malawi Articles

Malawi Beginnings – Blantyre, Malawi

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Goats With Death Wishes – Malawi

Driving in Malawi comes with a unique set of challenges and yummy fried chippies.

Yellow Fever – Malawi

When you forget your proof of yellow-fever vaccination, it never hurts to have a “doctor” on board.

Malawi Travel Facts

The Basics
Country: Malawi

Where is it?: Malawi is due east of Zambia in the south eastern section of Africa.

Why do people go here?: Most people come to relax and enjoy Lake Malawi

What are the main entry points?: Overland from Tanzania or Zambia are the usual routes.

Currency used: Kwacha

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Blantyre, Malawi to Francistown, Botswana (7 August 2002)

For the first time ever Al surprises and disappoints himself by being too squeamish to take advantage of an extremely cheap and dinner-party-conversation-enhancing foodstuff: boiled mice on sticks. Wh

Dar Es Salaam to Blantyre, Malawi (July 2002)

Tanzania was fun – a gentle, pleasant and amusing country and people: a country that calls roundabouts “keepy-a-lefty’s”. Now it’s on to Malawi a country trapped in a spiralling famine, due party to a

Soft Landings and Heavy Breathing in Malawi – Nkhata Bay, Malawi

Aaron O’Sullivan’s note to all parents: You do not

Big Brother’s African Brother #43:Blantyre, Malawi to Harare, Zimbabwe, South Africa

Concerned about the danger to travelers in unsettled Zimbabwe, Penny relies on information from other travelers and the safety in numbers approach.

Big Brother’s African Brother #41: Mzuzu to Lilongwe, Malawi

Penny discovers the etiquette for stowing your live chicken aboard a Malawian bus, but she’s a little uncertain when it comes to dorm etiquette.

Big Brother’s African Brother #42: Bladders of steel are required when travelling on ordinary buses

Concerned about the danger to travelers in unsettled Zimbabwe, Penny relies on information from other travelers and the safety in numbers approach.