Malawi Hostels - Reviews and Rates

It's now been a month since we arrived in Malawi! That's a quarter of our time here! Since I last spoke to you we;ve been shopping by ourselves, including the market, when we would normally be accompanied by a member of SU staff! then on Saturday we went to something called the King's Pantry which is something run by our church, Capital City Bap...

Malawi was described By Churchill as being 'the warm heart of Africa', and after having spent just a few days there I could see why. We spent the fist few days in the Capital, Lilongwe. It was quiet, relaxed and pretty. White flat roofed buildings, sandy paths and mango trees made it quite a contrast to Kampala. We stayed in a great hostel owned...

Where to begin. I was on a minibus. The pain wasn't overwhelming. It wasn't a 'please kill me' kind of pain. 'I hate my nagging situation' pain would best describe it. My knees were digging into the solid metal rod running from left to right. This rod was in place to support the minibus seat in front of me. Mashed onto my lap was my suitcase. Du...

After wasting a day walking 10km throughout the city trying to buy a cell phone on a national holiday, when all the forex places are closed, I arranged for a local guy from the hostel to take me to the open-air market to buy a phone on Friday morning. Before I tell you that story, let me tell you about my night. Again, the night was very cold an...

28 th August 9am this morning. not wanted to worry u all, but I been feeling rough on and off for week or so now, bad and got worse over weekend. I had put it down to the drinks but went doctor today for tests. 2pm Arr Ha, finally after nearly 15months in Africa and after a blood swob and blood test, I now know I have MALARIA. Please don't be to...

Sunday 20th August Once again never a dull moment. Lovely weekend but before that, I went to immigration to extend my 2 week visa for Malawi to another week on friday. Your normal smelly, dirty, immigration center, however this immigration officer was preoccupied while I was explaining to him why I wanted to stay in Malawi (and I slipt up and sa...

It was a matter of minutes after crossing the border into Malawi that I knew it would be special. Carly, our guide, had told us that it would be. Her stories about the people, the children in particular, the land and the lake, had me very excited to arrive there. And she was right. There are certain intangibles about a country that just make it ...

A tiny place despite being the capital. And lots of hassle from people trying to sell us stuff in the street. But I did meet a lovely lady in the supermarket and caused a bit of a stir by photographing the shelves of soap and toothpaste. There wasn't much else in the supermarket, but the man was very proud of his display of vegetable oil.

I take it back. I'm not looking forward to chaotic visits from impending doom. That's the Bullfrog and Kid Koala. I'm getting tired of those visits and I'm looking forward to online bookings, reserved seating and speed governors. As we pulled into Lilongwe the predators had begun to gather. Two Anglo heads on the bus, arriving after dark could b...

I had to catch my bus back to Malawi at 4 a.m. Yes, that does say 4 a.m. I was at the station for 3:30 and was waiting outside the bus for the conductor to put my luggage underneath. I stood there for almost 20 minutes with no help. Another ex-pat came (who happened to be Canadian and I had met him earlier in my trip) and he finally asked if som...