World Tour of Malawi We arrived in Malawi on 10th January after a 39 hour journey from Belgium (see details later). Known as the Warm Heart Of Africa, Malawi is a hidden jewel nestled between larger and better known neighbours Mozambique, Tanzania and Zambia. It is landlocked, but includes one of the largest African lakes, Lake Malawi, which makes up a large part of the Mozambique border. The lake contains more species of fish than North America and Europe combined and they continue to discover more! In the rainy season when we visited, Malawi is lush, with vivid greens of vegetation vying with bright reds of earth and houses. Maize grows everywhere, surrounding steep green hills with deforested slopes. Outside of the big towns (Blantyre and Lilongwe), small villages dot the countryside. Houses are generally made
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