Country Info
- Lilongwe
- Capital
- Kwacha (MWK)
- Currency
- 10,548,250
- Population
- MW
- Country Code
Malawi Slideshow
Malawi
Travel Blogs from Malawi
what an adventure
Wow. So yesterday we left lilongwe via minibus, a form of public transportation. We sat on the bus for 3 hours waiting to leave! Hot as all hell and no air conditioning - and no one here wears deodorant. Once we finally got going, it took another ...
Arc Arc the Lake
... 's down to the boot polish still a carving for ten quid aint bad (unless the exchange rate has plumetted agin). Malawi is gorgeously green, treeswith golden spiral blossoms, round huts with thatch roofs, fenceless gardens and alotments. Newer brick houses ...
Cannot greet you with jambo jambo anymore ...
Cannot greet you with Jambo Jambo anymore as they don't speak Swahili in Malawi and we haven't managed to pick up any of the local lingo yet! We left Chitimba earlier than planned at 7:45, waving goodbye to all the kids as we drove passed the school and ...
The Lake
Driving towards Cape Maclear we caught our first glimpse of Lake Malawi. Lake Malawi is vaste, 50km wide in places and 355 km long, it looked as though we were approaching the sea. We spent a week on the lake, camping at a spot called Fat Monkeys, a ...
White teeth??
Monday Psychiatry in Zomba – back on the bus and an hours journey up the same road as we travelled down last night! The hospital was a pleasant surprise – the wards are being rebuilt with only one left to be completed. We saw the old ward and ...
Mulanje Massif
A few days camping near the Mulanje Massif. The huge hunk of rock seems to attract energy and we enjoy walking around. I stay in camp for a day offering to do the shopping instead. I convince a friendly Malawian to shop for me and so spend a very ...
Blantyre blues
After an evening of beer and pleasant company at the legendary Doogles off Claude and Jo flew. Bridget and I set off ...
The build up
... , snow. And so after 26 hours above Europe, the med and North Africa; with a stop over in Adis-Ababa (are all Ethiopian women gorgeous or only the ones who work at the airport?) and DRC, we are here. We have arrived to Malawi, the warm heart of ...
Thu, 16th February, Afternoon
... gathering. When we get under them, into the darkness, the rain lashes down, like buckets from the sky. We meet Robin, CU Malawi’s Country Director, in Dedza, and catch a lift with him to Blantyre, the country’s business centre and our home ...
Lazy day on the lake
Wednesday 20th October I didn't sleep so well last night but at least I'm feeling better. We were basically smoked out of the tent, well from the heat, by about 7.30am so we were up early even with the free day. Pancakes for brekky today. Yum ...