Kaya Mawa Likoma Island
Likoma Island, Malawi
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Christmas Time
We arrived at Likomo Island and stayed for 5 nights including Christmas.
Like Chizumulu we spent most of our time relaxing on the beach with plenty of swimming.
We were interrupted one morning when what looked like a huge plume of smoke threatened to engulf the beach. Although it was not smoke, it was a cloud of lake flies. Billions ...
Chizimulu Island
... and I have put a photo below of a very similar one - Note six legs and two claws which apparently makes him an Amblypygi.
The mosquito nets were particularly well tucked in for the rest of our stay, before getting a two hour boat east to Lukomo Island
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Boats
The MV Ilala is the only scheduled physical contact with the rest of the world that Chizimulu Island receives. Sure, there's mobile phone reception (so long as you climb the hill to hitch a ride on the neighbouring island’s signal) and satellite television, but the old ferry is its lifeline.
We arrived on the island in the early hours of the 26th after a four hour voyage across Lake Malawi. The owner of the ...
One week on Likoma and "Cheezy" Islands
Likoma and Chizumulu Islands:
I arrived at Likoma when it was getting dark, a smaller boat came to fetch us at the ferry and I started walking to get to the only camping of the island situated on the other side of the island. I met a kid on the way that escorted me to the Mango Drift Campsite on small goat paths thru giant baobabs and mango trees.
At Mango Drift I was the only guy camping, in fact I was the only tourist on the whole island. Many do not stop at the ...
Senga 3/3
Senga bay has been great fun. Two friends, both called George, from Mabuya in Lilongwe are now doing some volunteering in the communities there and we stayed at the same place. Then someone else from Mabuya turned up for a holiday and THEN two other people from Mabuya did because their car broke down! So we had a fab reunion, went to a local bar to play some pool last night, probably doing the same thing tonight. However, when i was playing it was pretty frowned ...
