Malawi

Malawi is often said to be the “Africa for Beginners”. A small, quaint and lovely lakeside nation. While many find the people here to be very friendly, recent overdevelopment on the shores of the famous lake threatens the pristine nature of one of the world’s most beautiful bodies of water.

Malawi Travel


The Sickest I’ve Been: A Tale Of Nick’s Worst Travel Illness

A life on the road isn’t all beach bars and hammocks. We’ve had some really trying times in our (almost) 5 years of travel and if you’ve been on a long trip before, you know that getting sick is all part of the fun. We absolutely hate being sick, but when you’re travelling in developing ...
Cape Maclear, Mzuzu, Kyela & Dar Es Salaam - The Ups And Downs of African Travel

Cape Maclear, Mzuzu, Kyela & Dar Es Salaam – The Ups And Downs of African Travel

Feeling like I was on the mend, we left Cape Maclear at around 5:30 am. We boarded the back of a jam-packed pickup truck for the bumpy 1.5 hour ride to Monkey Bay. From Monkey Bay we boarded a big bus to Salima. The ride was about 4 hours and while I had a pretty ...
Deciding Where To Travel

Zomba, Cape Maclear & Monkey Bay, Malawi: Motorbikes and Medicine

The journey from the town of Cuemba in Mozambique to the town of Zomba in Malawi was a very convoluted one. We took a small chappa from Cuemba to the border town of Mandimba where we were swarmed with men wanting us to exchange our money on the black market. We didn’t have very much to change ...