Kande Beach
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Kande Beach
... in South Africa, well that's where his wife still lived but he was now based in the capital of Malawi, Lilongwe. He was spending a long weekend at Kande Beach and just so happened to be returning to Lilongwe the same day we were going to be heading ...
Kande Beach - Chintheche Strip
... clocks had changed! We just basked ourselves in the sun on the edge of the lake for the majority of the day! Now we are in Kande Beach, still on the lake but further south near Nkhata Bay, there is so much tide here that its hard to believe that you ...
lifetime aspiration...TICK
wow. riding in malawi is the best. kande horse is the best. i got a bus fairly late from nkhotakota because of the massive rainstorm but it was quite a nice bus. o got on one to dwangwa, then from there to kande town. easy peasy. little minibuses but at ...
Kande Beach: TIA = This is Africa
Day 19 and this is the last of a 2 day, 3 night stop at Kande Beach, Malawi. We were due to stay here for only 2 nights but decided to do another 600 km travel day into Lusaka, the capital city of Zambia, tomorrow by combining 2 shorter travel days ...
Catch it, kill it, eat it
... to rain which made the remaining drive less than pleasent but soon we were speeding along the shores of Lake Malawi and towards the sunshine of Kande Beach. As we arrived, the resort had a few beachhuts available as an upgrade so we choose one close to ...
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 ...
Kande Beach
... guys in the stalls were even trying to get the shirt off Bruces back, he wasn't keen to let that go however. We then had 3 nights at Kande Beach. It is on the side of the lake, not that you would know it was a lake - you can't even see the ...
Wowee Malawi
We are enjoying a couple of days of down time at Kande Beach on the western shore of Lake Malawi, a huge water feature of the Great Rift Valley. Catering to overlanders, this casual resort offers us a broad sandy beach, warm gentle surf, a lively bar and ...
Short Stop in Malawi
... and wide-spread corruption. Back on board the Tucan bus we drove all day to arrive at another lakeside location called Kande Beach – well-known among overland trucks as a party destination. It was an impressive campsite – another fully ...
Kande Beach
... put San Francisco costume parties to shame…and I’ve posted a few of the less incriminating pictures. We stayed at Kande Beach the following day, which was a really nice break from our road days. We went snorkeling at Kande Island, ...
Lake Malawi
After a short drive from Chitimba we arrived at Kande Beach on Lake Malawi which was to be our home for the next 3 nights. Alex and I decided to upgrade to a bungalow for $20 a night and have a few decent nights sleep in a bed. After dinner we ...
Kande Beach
... the kids wave. None ask for money, only pens. It's amazing how happy a person can become with just a wave. Acknowledgment. Kande beach finally. Another extremely long driving day. Fancy dress party on Kande beach. Poisonous punch bowl. Black bag outfits ...
Painting with the locals
Finally a day to sleep in. Stroll along the beach. Met a local artist and painted with him in his studio in the village of the tonga tribe. Gave a few lessons on figure drawing. Great experience. Spilled some black paint that is expensive for them. So I ...
Meeting Mel Gibson
... this point. I want to stick to the north part of the country and it's pretty much just Lake here. I would give myself a day at Kande Beach. If I got any more fed up, I would take off for Tanzania the next day. The bus ride to Kande Beach was uneventful. ...
Top Ten Beach!
Malawi was great! Very friendly people and (some) nice wooden crafts, sold by very efficient people making sure you buy lots more than intended and much lots more than needed. Harrassing to variable degrees, but obviously very poor and such quite ...
It's a long way to Lilongwe
We had a few long travel days between Great Zimbabwe and Kande Beach in Malawi, our next major stop. On Wednesday we left Great Zimbabwe early in the morning, headed to Harare. After our wrong turns the day before, there were a few wise cracks about ...
Last day on the Lake
Nothing exciting to report today. Still doing my exercises which is good news. The weather isn't that great here.Very windy and cloudy.I am definitely leaving the Lake tomorrow. I am tired of not doing anything exciting. It doesn't feel like I am in ...
Happy Birthday Steve
... Steve's birthday. We certainly celebrated Steve's 29th in style! Not quite the high street fashion, but the fasion in the markets of Malawi! ;) This day we were each given 500 Malawi Kwacha, which 140 Kwacha is about 1 USD. We were given 45 minutes in ...
where the Malawi are we?!
... more than enough and soon the truck was loaded with luminous/ lacy/ animal printed synthetic delights and we were on our way to kande beach! Our first night at Kande beach was amazingly chilled out, a few beers and relaxing in hammocks on the beach ...
Kande Beach
We spent four lovely days here. The campsite was great (yummy chocolate cake) and lake Malawi is crystal clear. We canoed out to the little island and watched all the beautiful fish amongst the rocks. The storms over lake Malawi are amazing. We spent one ...
Kande time!
... , which would have been great! But given all the other things I bought at the market, had to settle on a medium sized one! Next stop - Kande beach! We're staying here for 3 nights, so the last tent putting up and down for a few days. We rolled into the ...
Kande Beach
... few days here, although we said a sad goodbye to the overland group as they headed on up to Nairobi without us... Kande beach resort is basicially designed for overland trucks, so its pretty basic camping or beach huts on the water front - accompanied ...
Lake Malawi
Today we headed for Kande beach campsite. There was very little to do here except to swim, drink and play volley ball. The previous campsite and this one are Lake Malawi. This lake is massive, so massive in fact that it has tides. The are ...
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