Photo of Butterfly Lodge Nkhata Bay
The RMS Ilala is vital to local trade and travel. The steamer here takes on travellers at Nkhata This fabulous bird, the Fish Eagle can be seen on the shore of Lake Malawi The bar at Butterfly Lodge. Cool beer, cool music and a warm swim, beat that! Butterfly Lodge lounge. The owner, Josie is centre

Butterfly Lodge Nkhata Bay

Nkhata Bay, Malawi

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The Ilala Ferry

A travel blog entry by paddyfetherston

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... to make it ok. although her aggressive side really came in to play as she pushed, burrowed and punched her way through to first class. She was there so long before me that she had become worried, and put down her bag to come and help her much larger boyfriend - very embaressing.

After the exprerience of the Ilala we threw our bags off at Chizimulu Island.
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George's Birthday

A travel blog entry by gavandgeorge

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... to watch some premier league football which George was so happy about.

After 2 days at Kande beach we headed to the Malawi capital to Lilongwe. This was a bit weird as in the middle of loads of poverty we found the biggest supermarket/DIY store/garden store/home and house shop that has ever been seen. I might have exaggerated a bit but it was completely out of place. The bonus of this ...

Dragg-ed to the Beach

A travel blog entry by tedchaplin

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... to England, with a population of approx. 15 million. Sadly a majority of these people are living in poverty and the life expectancy here is just 39. But just like everywhere else I’ve visited in Africa, you’ll find no one feeling sorry for themselves. The children especially are amazing – the most inquisitive of folk and full of laughter. The country is home to Lake Malawi (aka Lake Nyasa, the local word ...

I am so high right now!

A travel blog entry by maclaren

... rest of the day, however being that this was to be my last day in Nkhata Bay I headed out with a couple of local brothers (Anderson and George) plus Matthias to kayake on lake Malawi. Our goal was to find some infamous cliffs for some really high jumping and diving. After about an hours kayaking, where they sea seemed to make me feel worse and I complained continuously about feeling rough, we reached the spot. The cliffs were between fifthteen and twenty metres high and ...

I am Malawian

A travel blog entry by maclaren

... milk with yeast in appearance and tastes like gone off milk, but the locals love it.

So back to the morning, England managed to turn the game around in the second half, by which time everyone, but me, was well on their way, I didn’t fancy drinking Carlsberg at 10am. I did however where my Argentinean Football shirt, which went down like a bad smell.

After the game, I spent the daytime sorting out some chores and picking up a milk carton ...

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