Malawi travel stories

On Lake Malaw

By now, we had grown accustomed to the "No Hurry in Africa" pace, but the next few days would be the most challenging travel we'd encounter on our trip. We arrive at the ferry dock...

---

Back to Nkhata Bay

Our plan was to get up early and take the speedboat back, towing the kayaks behind, so we could get back to Nkata Bay in time to take a mini-bus to Mzuzu to go to the bank to change money so we...

---

Lakeside paradise

The third day of the trip started off well, but in the afternoon the lake became very rough. Because we had no gear to weigh the kayaks down, we were getting bounced all over the place. All of a ...

---

Kayaking on the lake

Six of us -- me, Randy, Nicole, Paul, Steig, and Kumba (one of our guides) -- set off kayaking the next morning. Giros, the other guide, was driving a speedboat with all of our stuff, the tents, ...

---

The north of Malawi

This part of the story starts with the bus ride from hell. While transport here is always slow, chancy, and crowded, the bus ride to Malawi was unbelievable. On Sunday, we had gone to the ...

---

|< << ... 11 12 13 14 >> >|