Category: Malawi

  • Water, Water Everywhere…A Soggy End to Malawi

    Water, Water Everywhere…A Soggy End to Malawi

    The whole northern coastal area around Lake Malawi was a scene of devastation with roads and bridges washed away in floods and homes and lodges destroyed. People here are used to dealing with challenging environmental conditions but El Nino was making life particularly difficult this year. Our plans had had to change but we had…

  • Battling with El Nino

    Battling with El Nino

    Our first couple of weeks back in Malawi had been fabulous. The southern part of the country was spectacular and between pottery classes, high teas, forest retreats and mountains we had kept ourselves very happily busy. And now, after a bad spell with my back, we were finally heading down from the Zomba Plateau towards…

  • Soaking up the South

    Soaking up the South

    Life was good! We had spent time with our family and friends over Christmas, Henry was cleaned up, I was feeling better and the Malawian people were proving to be as warm and friendly as their reputation held. With all three of us back in good shape we headed out of Lilongwe for the Dedza…

  • Malawian Karma

    Malawian Karma

    We eventually dragged ourselves away from our little piece of paradise on Lake Malawi feeling a strong pull to get to Lilongwe ready for our flights back to our family for Christmas. I kept checking the distance and travel time between us and the airport to ensure we didn’t leave it too late to enjoy…

  • The Warm Heart of Africa

    The Warm Heart of Africa

    We had a plan. It was a good plan and one which meant that one way or another we would be leaving Zambia that day. We would drive to the Nakonde border with Tanzania and find out from them whether the northern border with Malawi was open. If it was we would drive the 100km…