Local scenery

This is Malawi

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May 15th 2008
Cocopina, sweet tea, TV bars, specials, smells (the 'different' sweat smell in the hospital, the smell of shake-shake, the smell of roadside food - chips, donuts, fish - the smell of fresh produce - tomatoes, avocadoes, bananas, pineapple (unfortunately no mangos yet), the music (Lucius Banda has been blaring out of the local 'cinema'), the loud noises of insects at night and of birds in the morni ... read more

Africa » Malawi » Central

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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