Malawi Stories


Challenge: Get out of Malawi on 500 kwacha or less!

After having spent almost a month in Malawi, I was running low on kwacha, but I didn't want to go to an ATM because the "official" exchange rate the banks use is so much less than the actual rate used everywhere else.  I could have changed some more US dollars of course but since I had to get of the country before my 30 day visa expired, I decided to se...


What's Google?

So, I ended up staying in Nkhata Bay a lot longer than I planned. Yes, it was a beautiful and peaceful place to hang out but I unfortunately aggravated my foot quite a bit (it started on my trek in Lushoto) so I had to give it some good R & R before I continued on. For the first week or so I was kept quite busy with various lake activities: amazing sn...


Running for Wildlife

Lots of busy work over the last couple of weeks in preparation for last weekends’ Run for Wildlife. In past years, this event has taken place at a local school track, where sponsored runners ran to see how many laps they could complete in one hour. This year, in addition to the school race, Lilongwe hosted the first ever road race to happen in Malawi – ...


A cough away from freedom

I turned 38 years old today. I have been fortunate enough to celebrate many a birthday in a foreign land, but none has had so much impact on me as celebrating this one in Africa. This last year, this last revolution around the sun that I have spent here has gifted me with an incredible amount of strength and growth. There is not a day that goes by h...