Long time, no see... Yup, it has been a week without internet but Kande beach at Malawi offers me this chance of luxury.
Zanzibar turned out to be a minor disappointment (at least for me): services and activities were very expensive, so I decided to postpone the diving and do it in Indonesia. Beaches at the Nungwi area (most northern part of the island) were ok but quite small and had some seaweed & other misc matters that were not so enjoyable. Bungalows were (Amaan) allright.
But, as a conclusion, I would not recommend Zanzibar for backpackers because of the high prices (+ getting there by ferry 35USD each way). Stone town has clearly more characteristics than the beach area. If you are going, check out the Hotel Africa House for sunset dinner - amazing view!
From hot hot Zanzibar we headed back for a quick stop at hot hot Dar before making our way towards Baobab valley camp site (with two tyre changes). From there we continued to Old Farm House Campsite near Iringa and finally reached the Malawi border yesterday around noon. We spend the first night at the Chitimba beach campsite and now we are here at the Kande beach for christmas.
What else? Well, one thing - laundry has proven to be quite difficult to get clean when we are moving so fast from place to another.. And campsites don't really offer laundry services, so bring your own washing powder and hope for a good weather after your wash; that is what I'm doing right now.
Two weeks in Africa: amazing views, lots of dust, children by the roads greeting our truck, 4 broken tyres plus 1 broken water tank, minor problems with stomachs, bad roads, sizzling sun, various kind of toilets and so much more.
From here we make our way towards Zambia (visa is now 50USD and not 35 like I wrote before) for new year. There we also get some new members to our group as some people from our original UK,Australia,US,Finland lineup will be ending their journey to Livingstone.
Merry Christmas from Malawi.
-Ville
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Zanzibar turned out to be a minor disappointment (at least for me): services and activities were very expensive, so I decided to postpone the diving and do it in Indonesia. Beaches at the Nungwi area (most northern part of the island) were ok but quite small and had some seaweed & other misc matters that were not so enjoyable. Bungalows were (Amaan) allright.
But, as a conclusion, I would not recommend Zanzibar for backpackers because of the high prices (+ getting there by ferry 35USD each way). Stone town has clearly more characteristics than the beach area. If you are going, check out the Hotel Africa House for sunset dinner - amazing view!
From hot hot Zanzibar we headed back for a quick stop at hot hot Dar before making our way towards Baobab valley camp site (with two tyre changes). From there we continued to Old Farm House Campsite near Iringa and finally reached the Malawi border yesterday around noon. We spend the first night at the Chitimba beach campsite and now we are here at the Kande beach for christmas.
What else? Well, one thing - laundry has proven to be quite difficult to get clean when we are moving so fast from place to another.. And campsites don't really offer laundry services, so bring your own washing powder and hope for a good weather after your wash; that is what I'm doing right now.
Two weeks in Africa: amazing views, lots of dust, children by the roads greeting our truck, 4 broken tyres plus 1 broken water tank, minor problems with stomachs, bad roads, sizzling sun, various kind of toilets and so much more.
From here we make our way towards Zambia (visa is now 50USD and not 35 like I wrote before) for new year. There we also get some new members to our group as some people from our original UK,Australia,US,Finland lineup will be ending their journey to Livingstone.
Merry Christmas from Malawi.
-Ville
