Malawi has only opened up to the majority of Backpackers since 1994, for the simple reason that prior to this date the country was led by President for Life Kamuzu Banda who had dictated a country wide dress code forbidding women to wear trousers and men to have long hair...
Nyasaland was colonised by the British in the early 1900's after being discovered by a certain Doctor Livingston in 1859. After 60 years of British Rule Nyasaland was renamed to Malawi in 1964 when they achieved independance.
After some not so successful bus trips through Zambia, Lake Malawi's famed Ilala Ferry offers an alternative method of travel as we progress north...
