Malawi continued: Likoma and Chizumulu Islands, Cape Maclear, Monkey Bay, Blantyre
May 23rd 2010 (M) From Ruarwe we took the Ilala ferry across to Likoma Island, which could only be described as a pleasant journey after our previous experiences. Nina did her own private dive course (Malawi has the cheapest dive courses in the world) and we did some good diving. We stayed in a lovely stone and bamboo chalet on the beach thirty feet from the water, the people were great and the view you simply
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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 
