http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Malawi/Lake-Malawi/Chitimba-Beach/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Africa , Malawi , Lake Malawi , Chitimba Beach en-us Fri, 24 May 2013 23:01:39 +0000 Fri, 24 May 2013 23:01:39 +0000 Day 14 18Three days of long hot drives high 30s through Zambia and into Malawi...real Africa with the small towns markets etc. Lukasa Zambia is a surprisingly modern city with lots of intenational money ....and always KFC Crossed border to Malawi no issues just lots of paperwork and line ups...so Zambia check. Then 2 days at Kande Beach on Lake Malawi...90 miles of white sand beach...pict http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Malawi/Lake-Malawi/Chitimba-Beach/blog-753310.html Today we had a relaxing day around lake Malawi in Chitimba. We spent some time reading in the hammocks walking down by the beach area and then we went with some of the group over to the neighbouring campsite which had a large bar area. Lake Malawi is very interesting to see as it is so big you cant see the end of it also it has sand around it so you think it is actually the ocean. When we we http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Malawi/Lake-Malawi/Chitimba-Beach/blog-747152.html Today was another driving day as we headed towards the border of Malawi. We got up early and were ready to depart for 6am. Due to unpredictable border entries we packed our lunch in the morning and set off for another long day. The drives really are part of the overlanding experience they can be very long but really to be able to see so many countries in such a short space of time it really is th http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Malawi/Lake-Malawi/Chitimba-Beach/blog-747150.html ThursdaySeptember 6All day we chased the sun. Leaving at 0630 we chased it high into the sky and then all afternoon until it set around 1800. It39s funny how much quicker it seems to rise at dawn and fall as it sets and if you39re not ready with the camera it39s a whole 24 hours until your next chance...MondaySeptember 10We spent three nights at Kande Beach on the shores of L http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Malawi/Lake-Malawi/Chitimba-Beach/blog-745607.html Lake Malawi Malawi 12 14 August 2012 We left the Farm camp by 6.00am to drive south. We drove through a lot of villages stopping for diesel at one stop toilets for another and food for another before reaching the TanzanianMalawi border at 2.00pm. We apparently experienced the fastest border crossing 45 minutes. It usually takes up to 4 hours. We all cheered when we heard that. AS http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Malawi/Lake-Malawi/Chitimba-Beach/blog-742571.html Getting from Mbeya to the Malawian border was comparatively painless even if we did stop less than hour away to wait for the minibus to fill back up. I even saw and got to speak to the first white people I had seen in days. After getting over the border I took a shared taxi to Karonga and from there a bus to Chitimba. The journey was a measly 6 hours. Chitimba is one of the first towns going so http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Malawi/Lake-Malawi/Chitimba-Beach/blog-741973.html After an interesting boarder crossing where we were almost ripped off by money changers we entered the very friendly country of Malawi. Malawi is a noticeably poorer country than both Kenya and Tanzania however the people are extremely warm and welcoming. After driving across the boarder and through numerous straw built villages we made out first stop Chitimba on Lake Malawi where we stayed for t http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Malawi/Lake-Malawi/Chitimba-Beach/blog-736591.html The iPhone software revolution has turn into the confront of new engineering in quite a few a lot more means than one. Anytime a new invention is produced it is often followed by several scaleddown spinoff tips which accumulate into other new helpful releases as very well. Most of the time combining a prepresent engineering to the new creation does the trick.In this situation the Apple iPho http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Malawi/Lake-Malawi/Chitimba-Beach/blog-709627.html It was another long day of driving yesterday to Chitimba where we finally got our first glimpse of Lake Malawi also known as Lake Nyasa. It39s the eighth largest lake in the world and home to countless species of fish. I39d love to see the biggest lake in the world because this one was really impressive to the point that at first I automatically thought that we were driving by the sea b http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Malawi/Lake-Malawi/Chitimba-Beach/blog-692798.html I don39t usually write about the days where we spend hours on the road. The scenery is always beautiful and the towns we pass through are full of things to look at but a lot of our time on the truck is spent sleeping reading listening to music or waiting for our next toilet stop so there39s never enough going on to justify me writing anything. Each driving day is much the same as the la http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Malawi/Lake-Malawi/Chitimba-Beach/blog-692795.html Hello everyone I hope you are all well and that the dreaded month of January has not proved too difficult. Sorry it has been so long since my last post Malawian internet is both rare and pretty expensive so doing blogs and such like can take a long time. In fact everything in Malawi takes time I spent a whole day on buses just get to a working ATM machine. I am also sorry if I have not rep http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Malawi/Lake-Malawi/Chitimba-Beach/blog-683163.html ok..so on day 28 of my 40 day tour...and am going to try for a 2nd entry i left you on day 4 o dear this may take a while so..left the canyon and headed for the Namib desert lots of sunshine its been really wonderful the scenery has been sandy dusty dry i got to sleep on top of our truck one night..aroung 12 of us up there..involved a bit of clambouring and being hoiked up by the guy http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Malawi/Lake-Malawi/Chitimba-Beach/blog-565845.html trip along the shore of the jewel lake http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Malawi/Lake-Malawi/Chitimba-Beach/blog-538662.html These two days we traveled over 1000 km along the Tanzam HIghway finally crossing the border into Malawi in the afternoon of the second day. Here are some of the impressions from our travelsThe Tanzam Highway is paved but that doesn't necessarily mean smooth. This is Africa after all. Some of the tar roads are worse than the gravel ones full of potholes bumpy patches and construction under http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Malawi/Lake-Malawi/Chitimba-Beach/blog-534721.html 5th August Day 9 Chitimba Beach MalawiKath and I decided to have a quiet day today as we were still recovering from the sangria night and the travels from the previous day..we must be getting old Some of the group did the 36km round trip walk to Livingstonia Mission up in the hills but as it meant a 5am wake up it really didnt appeal to us Meanwhile some of the staff at the camp ground http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Malawi/Lake-Malawi/Chitimba-Beach/blog-525576.html Hello from MalawiIt looks like about half of my photos uploaded but there are some good ones in there. In Victoria Falls Zimbabwe and in Livingstone Zambia I did a lion walk in a lion conservation center. In a 4 phase process they are increasing the lion population in Africa. Phase 1 which we participate is walking with the lion cubs which are age 6 months to 2 years. We provide a valua http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Malawi/Lake-Malawi/Chitimba-Beach/blog-523799.html May 18thI was really happy with my decision to sleep in the truck it meant tht when everyone else had to wake up and leave their room or break down their tent I could continue sleeping We got on the road at a decent time and a couple hours down the highway we stopped and had some breakfast. This time it was eggs tea and toast yuuum On the road we went after satisfying our stomachs and we he http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Malawi/Lake-Malawi/Chitimba-Beach/blog-500770.html My bus ride out of Zimbabwe is an excellent indicator of the sort of reception I will be getting in Malawi a thoroughly warm one. Yet again my neighbour is an extremely chunky young woman and I ask myself the question between deep inhalations of breath whether there is such a thing as a small African lady south of Ethiopia and if there is why does she never sit next to me on the bus The po http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Malawi/Lake-Malawi/Chitimba-Beach/blog-497011.html Hello again everyoneI just typed this entire blog entry and clicked publish and the internet messed up. So this is take number 2 and hopefully it works Sorry the blog wont be as detailed as it was because I am running out of time.Anyways I will update from where I left lastZanzibar overall was amazing I am convinced it is the most beautiful place in the world My last day in Z http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Malawi/Lake-Malawi/Chitimba-Beach/blog-454747.html On the road again..So after the luxury RR we returned to the truck and back on the roads which were slowly getting worse as we headed south. Our next port of call was Lake Malawi the 8th largest lake in the world lake Malawi spans the length of the country and is also said to have more species of fish in it than any other lake in the world.Our mission in Malawi was really to make it to the othe http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Malawi/Lake-Malawi/Chitimba-Beach/blog-396076.html