Blantyre Hotels - Reviews and Rates

Just a quick update, I can't seem to work this computer! I'm now back in some sort of civilisation, having travelled 200km up the lake in 9 or ten days ( i honestly can't remember!). It has been a crzy adventure (the bus jurney to the lake in itself was a tad bit hectic), we have wildcamped on beaches most of the time, some in villages who have ...

You're reading the last comprehensive blog of the International Development Internship Program in Malawi! I leave for Seattle, Washington, USA in only five days and finalizing the research efforts of LifeNets. I've recorded the challenges and opportunities for students and aspiring business owners. You've been reading their stories and visions t...

What a crazy weekend! Far to much happened to really talk about it all. I had an awesome time on Friday night. Bands from Malawi and Europe were playing at Doogles- the backpackers lounge that has become my home away from home. So I met up with a bunch of friends to watch the bands after going to Loro's home to meet his family. I gave his mother...

Will you come visit me at my house everyday? Muli bwanji! (hello, how are you?) I have so many things to say I don't know where to start. So please excuse me if I jump around! "Will you come visit me at my house everyday" I actually had a man ask me that today. He first ask for the time, then my name, then where I was from. All very normal quest...

I never thought I would be wishing for Whole Foods, lattes with skim milk, $3 ice tea, the Gap, and my car so much! God Bless America! Today, I washed my clothes by hand in two buckets. It has taken me two days to do two weeks worth of laundry and I have been wearing the same clothes over and over. It is just very labor intensive to do laundry. ...

Outside of Blantyre, Malawi 4/9/08 After my long day yesterday and difficulty sleeping I got up at 6am this morning and headed to breakfast where I had tea (one of Malawi's biggest exports), bread with marmalade, and peanut butter. Then from 7-11am I walked. I visited 2 pre-schools with a development instructor (DI) from Hungry named Heni. She w...

From Mbeya, Tanzania my friend Lauren and I rode a shuttle to near the border between Tanzania and Mozambique. We then had to walk 2km to the actual border. After getting our passports stamped we had to ride a taxi for 45 minutes to Karonga. Once in Karonga we had a 4 hour bus ride to Mzuzu. In many ways Malawi felt more "western" than Tanzania....

We are finding the T.I.A. "This Is Africa" phrase accompanied by a shrug of the shoulders quite a useful one. When we arrived at Lusaka International Airport to fly to Blantyre in Malawi we discovered that the 3.20pm flight we had booked now departed at 3pm, when we got to check in, our seat booking was not on the system, and it took them over a...

Hoj! Da sva v Afriki sva se prvic zavedla na letaliscu v Nairobiju, ko smo dve uri cakali na letalu, da so mojsri pravilno natovorili letalo in smo lahko koncn odleteli. No, na koncu v Lilongweju zamuda niti ni bila prehuda, so se pa pojavile nove komplikacije, ko sva hotla turisticno vizo za veckratni vstop (greva vmes se malo v Mozambik, pa bo...

There are few words to express the range of emotions that I felt today. This morning we headed to the orphanage approximately 20 miles outside Blantyre. Upon arriving at the Youth Center (no more than four concrete walls and a roof), we were enthusiastically greeted by dozens of the volunteer "moms" and orphans, who welcomed us with song and dan...