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Relaxing in Malawi

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August 22nd 2006
We are in a campsite now on the edge of lake Malawi, in a place called Kande Beach. The lake takes up 20% of the country - it looks like a sea as it has waves in, but it's lovely freshwater and we get to bath in it as it's nicer than the showers in the campsite! We are here for 3 days and then we travel down to Lilongwe, the capital for a night. We then head to Mozambique for a couple of nights, ... read more

Africa » Malawi

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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... ... read more