Background: Established in 1891, the British protectorate of Nyasaland became the independent nation of Malawi in 1964. After three decades of one-party rule under President Hastings Kamuzu BANDA the country held multiparty elections in 1994, under a provisional constitution, which came into full effect the following year. Current President Bingu wa MUTHARIKA, elected in May 2004 after the previous president failed to amend the constitution to permit another term, has struggled to assert his authority against his predecessor, who still leads their shared political party. MATHARIKA's anti-corruption efforts have led to several high-level arrests but no convictions. Increasing corruption, population growth, increasing pressure on agricultural lands, and HIV/AIDS pose major problems for the country.
May 20th 2008Africa » Malawi » Lake Malawi From South Luangwa NP we drove 150km to the Zambian/Malawi border at Chipata. Our visas for Malawi were free! Excellent, I like this country already! We drove another 2 hours to the capital Llongwe. I ... [full story]
May 12th 2008Africa » Malawi » Lake Malawi Ce pays est un petit bijou méconnu mais qui nous a certainement offert nos meilleurs moments en Afrique. Le secret ? Un pays qui sort de l'ombre, qui essaye de remonter la pente depuis que la démocrat ... 16 photos[full story]
May 28th 2008Africa » Malawi » Lake Malawi After crossing the border drove long to get to the capital city of Lilongwe, staying at a nice campsite in the city. Found some new scientist magazines circa 1999 and 2000, I took them for future read ... 13 photos[full story]
May 23rd 2008Africa » Malawi » Lake Malawi Been out and about the last two weekends and had some rather nice times!
Weekend of 10th May I was invited by a work colleague to a picnic on the highest hill overlooking Chipata where the communi ... 12 photos[full story]
August 28th 2007Africa » Malawi » Lake Malawi OK sorry for another massive delay of getting this updated but determined to finally get at least the Africa portion of our adventures finished.
If you can't remember where we were up to then you'l ... 14 photos[full story]
April 28th 2008Africa » Malawi » Lake Malawi Well I'm out of Zambia, one of the happiest nations, well there are always the few non-smillers.
Lusaka to Chipata is a highly populated continuous collection of small farms run by the locals, each w ... [full story]
February 26th 2008Africa » Malawi » Lake Malawi First off, I must apologize for the lack of entries. However when you spend 3 weeks in internet free zones, writing blogs is rather difficult.
After climbing Kili, we headed back to Dar es Salaam ... [full story]
January 21st 2008Africa » Malawi » Lake Malawi Entering Malawi, I passed through immigration with such ease it was almost disorientating. Expecting the usual African customs ordeal, it was like being let off school detention.
A few revolutions ... 10 photos[full story]
January 26th 2008Africa » Malawi » Lake Malawi Leaving Zambia, we headed off to Malawi, known as the "warm heart of Africa" due to the friendliness of its people. With almost a quarter of the country being covered by Lake Malawi, the country's po ... 15 photos[full story]
Map of Malawi
Malawi's Flag
