Devon Concar
Travel Blogs from Lichinga
Zanzibar to Malawi
... horrific!! At sunset we drove through a national park which was our first opportunity to view some of the wildlife. Before the sun went down we saw some baboons, a variety of antelopes, buffaloes and giraffes. We got to the first campsite at Tan Swiss after 10 hours on the road so had to put our tents up in the dark which was interesting as we had never seen them before!! An early start of 4.30am saw ...
Malawi
... the water when I was swimming back as they had finished the carvings. They were the rudest people I had met, demanding part payment now because they were hungry (I'm pretty sure they were drunk and wanted more grog). I went to go get my wallet and when I had checked one keyring it was spelt wrong. So when they came back (hiding from the resort security) and one was even worse I said I was not happy. They became quite angry and were all up in my grill. With ...
In Transit.....Quinta Camp
... Lichinga at around 4 pm. Quinta Camp turned out not to be a camp but a camp in the making. The owner said we could camp their anyway. No charge, we could just give the help a tip. I think this is the place with the worst toilet in all the trip. Needless to say I did not go near it. Made use of other means.
We were grateful to them for putting us up.
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Earthquake!
... There was a tropical storm that battered us down in the night and it was nuts with the thunder,
lightning, howling winds and lashing rain. The car was even shaking with the force of the wind in the night and it felt like we were sleeping through an ...
A Mozambican Train Journey
... with thatched roofed houses, and also having the now more familiar opportunity to buy all sorts of food from pots on people's heads out of the train windows at each ...