http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Malawi/Southern/Liwonde-NP/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Africa , Malawi , Southern , Liwonde NP en-us Mon, 04 Jan 2010 03:24:51 +0000 Mon, 04 Jan 2010 03:24:51 +0000 I have been very busy this monthA short recapAt the beginning of April I attended a Malawi Blood Transfusion training in Lilongwe. It ended up being only myself and one other volunteer Tessa... A lot of people had come into town for a camp GLOW fundraiser and therefore did not plan to go to the training. My friend and I thought it would be sooo weird and boring because it was just the two o http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Malawi/Southern/Liwonde-NP/blog-396107.html Day 57Managed to leave Deans at about 7 and reached the border post of Mchinjii at about 8. As it was early we were the only people trying to cross over so we got through very fast and with no hassle but I could see that the whole place was incredibly disorganised and had there been even just 10 more people there would have been complete chaos. So we were in Malawi and amazingly the sun was shin http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Malawi/Southern/Liwonde-NP/blog-361465.html Liwonde is about 1 hour north of Zomba. The national park is some 540 square kilometres stretched along the side of the shire pronounced shiray river. The Shire originates at Lake Malawi and drains into the Zambezi. Liwonde itself is a small town located at the barrage which regulates the flow of the Shire further south. Several small villages are located along the Lower Shire and a couple of we http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Malawi/Southern/Liwonde-NP/blog-338792.html hellipwhen a mazungu comes to visit. Without question the most incredible experience of my trip to Malawi was the day and night I spent in the village of Njobvu. This is a ldquoreal liverdquo African village which Central African Wilderness Safaris has helped establish a small tourist programme. A couple of huts have been built in the local style as accommodation for tourists with asso http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Malawi/Southern/Liwonde-NP/blog-159665.html