Girassol Lichinga

... aroma came through the window and filled our cabin. The train went so slowly and stopped at all the small stations along the way. The local people would wait for the train and sell us their produce through the windows. You could buy anything from fruit and veg, to clothes, spoons and even these small cooked birds that looked like some kind of finch - nice. We travelled through Selous national park so managed to see a giraffe and elephant and plenty of wildebeast. There ...

Our last night on Lake Malawi we spent at Senga Bay. We did some shopping for some traditional woodcarvings (if anyone wants something carved, Malawi is the place to get it). We picked up a hand-carved table and will be shipping it back to Canada (thanks mom and dad, love you!) The afternoon brought us ...

TIP: Bring your walking shoes for the walk to the villages. It may not be terribly strenuous but it is a 3 hour walk. You may have the option of riding bikes (this looked like a good option but after walking it, I think this might be a difficult option) or driving insteda of walking. I posed the option of walking there, driving back ...

It was pretty hard to leave Zanzibar, having done nothing at all – we were in a pretty relaxed mood. Our last night on the Island was in Stone Town, where we got a bed for the night, visited Mercury’s bar (as in Freddie) and had an amazing feast at the local fish market/BBQ for next to nothing. But it was back to the reality of Overlanding after a bumpy ferry crossing and long drive to another Bush ...

The day we left blantyre.

We couldnt get the early bus as we still had to buy gas etc so decided to get the 2pm bus. I wasn't too keen as it meant arriving after dark but we decided to go anyway. What a journey!

The bus quickly filled up to the point of people rammed in, standing, squashed in the aisle. We were fortunate to have a seat but near the back with all of our stuff, which later became very problematic for getting off the bus with all our ...

Kande Beach is a beautiful camp on the shores of Lake Malawi. Diving in the lake was a unique experience. The next day we had a pig on a spit, local delicacy which the guys from the group cooked all day. There was a lot of empty beer bottles around the pig, and rumors are that it drank them all :-) We also went for a local dinner in the village on the third day and enjoyed and participated in singing and dancing with the local children.

I had read in Lonely Planet that the singing in the church of Nkhotakota
was wonderful. Luckily the weekly Ilala ferry arrives there on Saturdays
which would fit perfectly into my plans. I thought it might be crowded
with tourists because it is mentioned in LP. But I was the only white
person there.



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Nkhotakota, Nkhotakota, Malawi cecilia74

... br> it felt like an ocean. I tried to read for a while but got a bit nauseous.
The wind also caused drops of waves to spray all the way up to the second
story deck. I was so happy I had taken the cabin and didn't have to sleep
outside in the wind and spray!



Baby

The boat was rocking heavily now ...

... br> By the way, it was quite funny, this pancake business. Preferably you'd
have to order and pay for them the day before. Then he'd go out and buy
the eggs and the milk. This would not always work out, and some people
ordered on the morning they wanted the pancakes, so he'd always still
need another half hour to go and find / buy all ...