Lake Malawi looks glorious, but shortly after arriving I decided not to swim in it because it's full of flesh-eating bilharzia parasites. My mind was quickly changed when a decorative 24-year-old Austrian sheila begged me to share a kayak with her for a trip around Thumbi Island. Shit, there's not much I wouldn't do for … Continue reading Chicks dig dudes with exotic tropical diseases, right?
With the stunning-to-look-at-yet-infested-with-parasites Lake Malawi threatening to kill me, today I decide to head for higher ground where I might be a bit safer. There are some awesome mountains around Cape Maclear, so I put on my walkin' boots and went for a strut. Little did I know that I would've had less trouble drinking … Continue reading The Marvelous Mountain Man of Malawi
In my endless quest to find remote, barely-heard-of paradisical wonderlands (that may be populated by decorative backpackers), I pointed to a random point on the map and ended up in the isolate lakeside village of Cape Maclear, Malawi. As well as being a day's travel from the nearest place that could be called civilisation, it's … Continue reading Cape Maclear and the Curse of the Killer Snails
The Drunk and Jobless World Tour 