Log in
Join travelers community
Your Profile
Logout
Very detailed Africa travelogue with lots of information for anyone planning a trip. Indexed for easy reference. 11 Countries over 3 months.
3 months in Africa -- detailed travelogue, travel tips, indexed
Larry2006-05-27 03:11:54
Displayed times (last time: )
to have
something to do). There was room for both of us in the black Mitsubishi 4x4
(with the steering wheel on the left -- an American friend of Sherri's left
it to her when he went back to the U.S.), and after a short delay while
Sherri talked to one of the hired help, we were on our way.
The property where the new Nanchengwa Lodge is being built is about 8km
up the main lake road, between two large hotels (one of which will be a
Meridien). It'll be closer to supplies (including the one tiny supermarket
in the area: the PTC), and with the large hotels nearby (one with a casino),
there will be more things to do. One thing about Malawi though: don't be
fooled by this description into thinking that this area is developed -- far
from it -- as even in areas with hotels, you're still in rural, poor Malawi
(while driving, Sherri pointed out the turn-off for one of the hotels, as
you can't see it from the road -- and had she not done so, I'd have no idea
there was anything developed in the area). Perhaps because tourism is still
in its infancy here, Malawi still seems 100% rural, even in areas that now
play host to large hotels: the roads to and from them are still
pothole-filled, there's very little official public transportation, and
everything gets done in its own time.
Showing us the new property, Sherri mentioned that you don't buy property
in Malawi, you lease it for 99 years. There's still 50-some years left on
the lease for the current Nanchengwa property, so Sherri had taken out an ad
and had already heard from some people in the UK interested in "buying" the
remaining 50 years of the lease. She also mentioned that there aren't many
white Malawians in the country -- that most whites come here to work for a
company for a year or two, then leave... but her family are permanent
residents
...
See photographs from:
Botswana Gallery
,
Cape Verde Gallery
,
Kenya Gallery
,
Lesotho Gallery
,
Malawi Gallery
,
Mauritius Gallery
,
Swaziland Gallery
,
Tanzania Gallery
,
Zambia Gallery
,
Zimbabwe Gallery
I just thought it might be helpful for you to know how i am finding your system.
Thank you
Susan J, 2008-01-28 14:00:20