Continuing my journey down to Cape Town, my next stop is Malawi. I got in from Karonga in the North and made my way down to Nkhata Bay. Nkhata Bay has some real beauty to it. If you come here there is one really nice hostel where all the backpackers hang out; Mayoka Village; great place, fun staff, and waking up to the lake view:
We had a walk through the village where Dennis tried to beat the locals in checkers, it didn't go as well (they had slightly different rules lets say), but was good fun. The village is small and worth checking out, people are friendly and the fish is fresh and tasty around the lake.
When thunder storming in the distance just enjoy the nice weather with the fellow travelers:
Fly kick Photo from Nkhata Bay, Photo credit goes to Dennis Smaili:
From Nkhata bay we took a ferry to cross to Likoma Island. The ferry ride was long, uncomfortable and hot; as we had to take a small local boat there where we sat next to the bananas.
By the end we finally made it there, the ride was really worth it:
It has a great beach, a nice old church ( the only building on the island really), beautiful landscape that makes you feel that you are in the movie Gladiator, when he is about to die:
Crime rate is apparently zero, yeah that's correct, according to the locals the last crime took place something like 20 years ago. it was quite hard to understand in the start, but when you see that there are no locks on the resort doors. Everyone is really friendly you will feel really safe. So all that together makes the island one of the most relaxed places I have been so far! Adding to that, electricity goes off everyday at 9pm , with the very limited connection to the outside world, which allows you to sleep early and wake up early with the birds... Perfect!
Fly kick photo in Likoma Island, Photo credit goes to Christina Ekeheien:
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