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- Kwacha (MWK)
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Chitimba
Travel Blogs from Chitimba, Malawi
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Moving on to Malawi
On our return to Dar we stayed one night and then had a long day of driving down to Chitimba on the shore of Lake Malawi. At one point during the drive we saw elephants by the roadside which was pretty amazing. At Chitimba we camped on the beach and I ...
Steak dinner anyone?
... ! As we were eating, a local guy told us three lions were cose by so we hopped onto the truck pretty quickly! Soon we were at Chitimba Camp where we set up the tents and cracked on with tea - we decided on steaks for everyone so got the grill out and ...
Nkhata Bay to Chitimba
Early start as we headed North through local villages. After a brief stop at a wooden market, we continued on the journey. Arrived at the campsite late afternoon, and in the evening joined some local drummers on the beach for ...
Chitimba burnout
... Ethiopia, but whatever. My ass hurts, but none of the riders really seem to care. We arrived at Chitimba beach today, right along the shores of Lake Malawi. It is spectacular. The company provided me with a room, acknowledging that I'm grumpy and tired ...
Our first night at Lake Malawi
... through the country. I would have liked to spend some more time perhaps doing some hiking. Our first stop in Malawi was Chitimba. We spent our first night on the banks of Lake Malawi. Lake Malawi is one of the largest freshwater ...
Squeal like a pig
Some of the riders took care of breakfast for everyone today. Sonia, Viv and Isabelle prepared a spectacular feed of french toast and sausages with fruit salad, pear compote, and caramelized nuts. A sweet and spicy chai was the finishing touch. My job ...
Lake Malawi, looks more like a Sea :)
... it was canned vegetable curry and vegies with pasta for dinner tonight. We got to our campsite beside the town of Chitimba on the banks of the stunningly massive lake Malawi. This lake is so big that you cannot see the other side , it is like an inland ...
Chitimba Beach
After a copuple of drive days to get down to Malawi we finally made it to Chitimba Beach campsite. The first drive day was a bit of a disaster. 14 hours on the truck in the end, due to a lovely 3 hour wait for the ferry as one was broken and ...
Sep 24, 2011
Diving Lake Malawi
... relaxed (read we got less hassle!). We stayed on the shore of the lake for 3 nights, and we went scuba diving in Lake Malawi. Unfortunately it wasn't a very good day for it, and the visibility wasn't great so it was hard work keeping track of your ...
Lake Malawi
... of time walking around villages, hanging out in local drinking establishments (I wouldn't call a room with a bench / radio a bar) and playing in lake Malawi. Canoeing, cliff jumping, surfing and volleyball. Great country, friendly people... fun ...
A hard day’s travel
This is a top pick! ... day’s plan, we were forced to stop and have a roadside lunch, delaying our arrival even further. We finally arrived in Chitimba around 4.30pm, with our afternoon to relax just about gone. Kerry and I only had enough time to enjoy a quick walk on ...
Chitimba: one more day till before Kande Beach
... overnight camp stop on route to Kande Beach. Windy, sandy, time to stretch the legs after the previous day's 600 km drive. Chitimba to Kande Beach = stop at Mzuzu a reasonable size town with a street market which sold mainly second hand clothes. Here ...
a hot and sweaty hike up to Livingstonia
7 of us hiked from the Chitimba campsite up to Livingstonia perched on top of a range of hills overlooking Lake Malawi. The hike was a 27.8km round trip and was a real mixture of terrain and gradients! Our guides were 2 locals - Mr Fantastic Steve and ...
Lake Malawai
The drive from Dar Es Salaam to Lake Malawi took two full days of driving so not too much to report. We had a great overnight stop at a farm in Kisolanza where the Kiwi owner had cooked us a full roast beef ...
Currency Valuation and Relative Humidity
... on the left, mountains to our right. Less schools evident here and more begging. After a sticky ride I arrived at Chitimba. Our campsite is beautiful. We are on the sandy shore of Lake Malawi with green volcanic mountains around us. The campsite ...
Masquerading biscuits
... had an alluring peacefulness about it (possibly due to the death rate and the fact there was no one there). Our first stop was Chitimba, at a supposedly party mad campsite. But after our spit roast pig and a few games of cards, everyone retired for an ...
Malawi Lake
Chill day. I stayed back as everyone went to visit Livingstonia. Hung out with the locals instead. They played games on my IPod and was fascinated by them. Some a little too hard for them. Got dominated in checkers by a local. It's thanksgiving for ...
The land of Mangoes and smiles
... it was on you could charge your phone, drink cold beer and see the people your sitting with. Apart from that though, Malawi was simply awesome and the people were super friendly. Nadja also celebrated her birthday in Nkhata Bay, she got ...
Malawi Lake
... family. Everyone out of the truck. Police checkpoint. Our bags are checked. "mzungu"- white skinned. Northern part of Malawi lake, Chitimba. The lake like an ocean without the scent of salty water. Group bonding games on the beach. Volleyball till ...
Lake Malawi At Last
... we hit the highway to have a hole in the exhaust repaired. By lunch time we were finally at the shores of beautiful Lake Malawi and had the entire afternoon to enjoy it. We went swimming and chatted to a group of local boys who should have ...
Malawi time
... the land is flat with large areas of crop farming (rice and corn). After a 3 hour drive South through Malawi, we arrived at our lake side/beach campsite in Chitimba at 6pm. This morning we left in the dark, now we have arrived in the dark! Lake Malawi ...
The Chief..
ok so i'm slowly getting back up to date on these.. Having arrived in Chitimba with the Canadian couple we got settled in to our camp there. Situated right on the beach and lakeside it was bliss after the nightmare journey we had had that day. On the ...
Malawi
... local boy - in the local tribal style... where else in the world can 2 bracelets and necklaces cost $10ish. After leaving Chitimba it was the long drive north to enter into Tanzania, crossing through the Songwe border. Looking back Malawi was a beautiful ...
Mbeya to Chitimba beach, Malawi
The contrast between the two countries is stark. Whereas Tanzania is all touts, hawkers, minibuses and speeding death-traps Malawi was at first like stepping back in time to before Henry Ford started rolling out his production line. Everyone was on a ...
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