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Malawi musicians - Shakira style

Africa » Malawi » Central » Senga Bay March 11th 2014

Goundi

Malawian children and II

Africa » Malawi » Central » Senga Bay March 11th 2014

Goundi

Africa » Malawi » Central » Lilongwe March 6th 2014

Mike the tortoise

Rosalo

I will recommend a cup of tea and some snacks for this, I had to have a tea pot full of tea just writing this!! I hope you enjoy and take your time... Lets start with a happy story..... Last week I had a pet tortoise called Mike for 30 minutes! One of the builders at work found him behind some rocks and gave him to me to look at. I picked the tortoise up at the surprise of everyone and took him to the kids, he was very strong and quite heavy, lots of teachers came to look and went away a bit sheepish of him except for Virginia who stayed with us. I asked her what we should call it, she came up with Mike, and it stuck. Lots of the kids came closer ... read more

Malawi: Queen of Green

Africa » Malawi » Lake Malawi » Kandi Beach March 5th 2014

Queen of Green

Pattygoes

I don't know how many shades of green there are on planet earth. But am sure that all of them can been seen in a glance out the open sided truck in Malawi....gorgeous! Vast lake Malawi is 160km long and 60km wide and boasts up to 1,000 species of aquatic life, it is the most diverse fresh water habitat in the world. We have taken on 4 refined, educated, 30 something Northern Europeans and the entire tone and intellectual level of the truck has improved. The literati and I paddle out to the island in the lake and are joined by an Italian biologist who is doing research on lake Malawi. An afternoon of snorkeling and interesting conversation restores my faith. People in this region of Malawi are poor, struggling but smiling and kind...I buy too ... read more

Various Malawi

Africa » Malawi » Central » Senga Bay March 2nd 2014

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Goundi

First weeks pictures... read more

Goodbye Malawi...

Africa » Malawi » Central » Lilongwe February 9th 2014

Cassava drying

Pattygoes

We pass the night in at a horrible camp. Small, crowded, mercenary and overrun with biting ants! Going into the truck at 5am I nearly step on the other travelers...they had all fled to the sanctuary of the truck in the middle of the night! (Using Island smarts plus being environmentally incorrect, noticing the ants earlier had sprayed my tent so was fine). We left camp very early heading for Zambia...Goodbye Malawi (for now). There are more great things here to discover but time is limited and overall it was not easy... Now onward to Zambia...deeper and deeper into the heart of Africa.... read more

Volunteering in paradise...update!

Africa » Malawi » Northern » Nkhata Bay February 7th 2014

RichM

It's been some time since I discussed the volunteering I have been doing at Butterfly and I can assure you it hasn't just been one big holiday for the past 6 or so weeks. Since the first week in December I have been teaching 11/12 kids from the ages of 4 to 7 in the morning. They study English from 8 til 9.30 with Alice, one of the co owner's then Maths from 9.30 til 12. From the onset, I have decided to not only teach Maths but to also include Science and of course Geography into their curriculum. My mornings usually include lesson planning which means writing all their exercises in their books. As you can imagine from the age differences, their is a huge disparity in the ability of the children so planning isn't ... read more

My life so far

Africa » Malawi » Central » Lilongwe February 7th 2014

On the boat

Rosalo

Note: Get a cup of tea and some biscuits before you read any further as it is a very long entry!! This week has gone quite slowly. It feels like I have been here 2 months not 2 weeks! But in a very good way. I have met some interesting animals (some scary, some gross and some nice from a distance!) they include: 2 scorpions(both killed by me), one green scary snake that was poisonous (Maryanne cut its tail off and it slithered away) 2 cockroaches that were really big and red (I tried to kill them but they ran away too fast ewww) a very hairy caterpillar that will make you itch if you touch it, it moves quite fast for a caterpillar. (Mr Bander took it away with a dust pan and brush). A ... read more

Truck politics

Africa » Malawi » Northern February 5th 2014

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Pattygoes

Back in the truck we rattle along to the border of Malawi. On a potty stop in a baobab forest we cavort about like Gulliver dwarfed by the enormous trees. I hug a Baobab...an ant on the side of the world!.Henry our driver extraordinaire warns us that Tanzania was the holiday, Malawi will be rough...basic and off the grid. It begins at the border...thank goodness at least there is no visa fee as we swelter for two hours in the stifling heat of the immigration office answering a million detailed questions of our travel plans. Lucy and I reach down from the truck to give our remaining Tanzanian shillings to dusty little boys...they beam their radiant thanks. That night at dinner Henry reads the group the riot act, I had written the tour company a letter ... read more

Sanje Kayaking trip

Africa » Malawi » Northern » Nkhata Bay February 3rd 2014

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RichM

Just before Christmas I headed off on a 2 day/1 night kayaking trip with Monkey Business, a Kayak and Canoe business operating out of Butterfly. There were 7 of us who went which included a few volunteers and guests that couldn't leave Nkhata Bay, a phenomenon which occurs quite often here. It seems that many people coming here have been on the road for some days so the thought of leaving Lake Malawi causes them to stay longer. I can see why too as the lake is simply beautiful, the views looking out on the horizon now are stunning. On a clear day, one can see both Tanzania and Mozambique and it feels surreal to be able to see two different countries. It's no wonder people love the Lakeshore. So, having decided amongst our group that ... read more

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