Malawi Travel Articles

Martin the Pimp Rat – Mzimba, Malawi

Mary Beth Alison and her mother face a precocious rat in their bedroom.

Pearls in the Poo – Vwaza Marsh Game Reserve, Malawi

Mary Beth Alison asks, what's cooler than stepping in elephant poo? Watching your mom step in elephant poo.

Malawi Beginnings – Blantyre, Malawi

One gir

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 Country Code for [...]

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.