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Visiting Malawi for the First (Definitely Not the Last) Time!

Guest posts today and Friday from the lovely AfricanKelli. Enjoy! And visit Kelli’s blog for more photos.

My first trip to Africa was eight years ago. In the past five adventures to this great continent, I have been lucky enough to swim on volcanic beaches of Cameroon, stand at the Cape of Good Hope and see wildlife in Mozambique. Two weeks of vacation in Malawi to explore sounded like a dream, and this beautiful country lived up to every expectation.

I flew into Blantyre and spent the first week at the Lujeri Tea Estate in the Mulaje Mountain Reserve. Imagine the TV show LOST, or Hawaii or any other slice of paradise and you’ve got Mulanje — minus the beach. Towering, lush green peaks covered in jungle and cloudy forest team with monkeys, birds and other wild creatures. The scenery was other worldly.

Malawians speak British English, take their tea quite seriously and have a great sense of humor. They were kind, exceptionally hospitable and curious to why an American girl would pick their corner of the world for an adventure. Why not?

Their game parks are full of incredible animals I’d only seen before in zoos. Their restaurants offer heaps of seafood, beef and grilled chicken, with a cold beer or two to help the palate. Their villages are full of happy, singing folk who seem to have a state of content that I’ve rarely seen elsewhere.

Malawi is safe, clean, beautiful, sweet and worthy of an exotic vacation. I simply cannot wait to return.

More on Kelli’s difficult but very rewarding work in Mozambique on Friday.

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Posted: July 16th, 2008

Categories: Travel & leisure, Food & entertaining

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