Hello,
Recently I was in Malawi. These are the events as they occured. (Mostly accurate)
We took off from Zambia on a Saturday morning and the trip to Malawi did not take long. We took local minibus taxis to the capital and found some accomodation at a church. Lilongwe is not an exciting town but we managed to burn two days.
Early on Monday morning we headed for the taxi rank and started a very long journey to Monkey Bay. We took three minibus taxis then hopped on a Matola. What is a Matola you ask? You know when you see photos of a developing country and people are riding on a huge flat bed truck piled high with goods, goats and chickens? That is a Matola. We almost crashed twice (Dont worry Mom) and made some Rasta friends. (Always so friendly)
We spent the next five days in Monkey Bay snorkeling in Lake Malawi, kayaking, feeding eagles, drinking good beer and having a grand old time with Taffy and Jenny. The water in Lake Malawi is mind blowingly clear and bath water warm. It has a huge number of Cichlids and not too many crocodiles or hippos so it is great for swimming. If you ever EVER find yourself in Malawi stay at
http://www.normancarrcottage.com/
Taffy and Jenny are amazing and run a great place.
After leaving paradise we hopped on the Ilala ferry for a two day trip north. The Ilala is quite a ship and the crew are quite a group of crazies. It was amazing to watch the sun set and rise from the boat and at night the lake was lit up with torches of fisherman out on the water.
We dropped at Nkhata bay at 5 AM and headed for beds. Nkhata is a fishing/tourist town so we had quite a bit to see. We took off the next morning for Tanzania and have now hit area covered in thick forest.
More on Tanzania later.
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