Danforth Yachting

Cape Maclear Road, Cape Maclear, Lake Malawi National Park, Malawi | 4 star lodge

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Lake of stars

A travel blog entry by ashah_008

4

... marine national park and there were so many different coloured fish in the water, it was amazing! Akshay got so excited by all the fish that he couldn't wait and tumbled into the water with his clothes still on (and then he says he planned to do that!)! The locals call it diving in a natural aquarium! There were also lots of fish eagles and pied kingfishers dipping into the water for some ...

An Unexpected Flip

A travel blog entry by richardhawke

3
3

... beach resort at Senga Bay. Here we met a fantastic expat Zimbabwean woman, Sam, who was amazingly interesting to chat with about all her involvement in HIV, Cancer, and Orphanage projects. She was also nice enough to drive us the 2 hours from her place to the city of Lilongwe where Mike caught a flight back to work in Mali (not fully mended, but not far off). In Lilongwe, I spent a lot of time emailing insurance people, we also had to organise transport to Zimbabwe and ...

The Warm Heart of Africa

A travel blog entry by thealfers

6
27

... to use once he has tested himself with his travel Malaria kit).

The one active thing we have done is rent some kayaks and paddle out to the closest island. We heard that fresh water snorkelling was quite amazing, and we were not disappointed. We moored our boat on some nearby rocks and jumped into the aquamarine water to see all sorts of small fish in rainbow colours. The afternoon was spent watching the Fish Eagles and Kingfishers diving for their lunch, while ...

Every problem has an expiry date!

A travel blog entry by katiedurvin

7
24

... the online diploma because there is literally nothing else for him to do.

Sitting under the big white UNICEF tent with all of the dignitaries was a very strange experience. We looked out on the big group of refugees sweating in the sun and trying to get comfortable for the performances. There was a Minister from the government, the UNHCR representative in Malawi, and people from every aid organization you could think of. There were many long speeches from the guests as well ...

My hardest day in the camp.

A travel blog entry by katiedurvin

5

... get a university education, become good leaders and activists. But that is just some. What about the rest? What about the majority of the children? The conflict in the DRC is far from over and is an extremely volatile place. Rwandan refugees are now being encouraged to go home, but at what price? Burundi refugees still feel threatened. Many of the people in the camp have lived here for 8-12 years.

As someone who has worked with children so much it is seeing the children ...

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