Welcome to the Insider's Guide to Malawi
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Dear Reader, Welcome to 2 years of The Eye, herewith our 8th successful issue. Improvements this issue, not only to The Eye content, but positive Read More
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The Eye Malawi is a quarterly magazine containing listings and directories, maps, reviews, tour and travel information plus articles of interest. It highlights everything to do with Malawi, from hospitals to hotels,shops to sporting events and from embassies to entertainment. It is to all All advertisers, Bookshops, National & Regional Airlines, Tour operators, Blantyre & Lilongwe golf clubs & information offices. Foreign Diplomatic Missions and NGO’s. International Schools. Selected Restaurants and gift shops. All major hotels in Blantyre, Lilongwe, Cape MaClear, Monkey Bay, Nkata Bay & Mzuzu and the Malawi Tourism Board.
Articles in This Issue
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So what’s so great about ants then? Well, we all
know their bad sides and how annoying they can
be, especially in Africa. They bite, they sting and
often they smell… and when we sit down we get
covered by some of the smallest of them - ‘angry
dust’ as my friend Jens called them when visiting
Africa for the first time (although he left with
septicaemia after only two weeks – but that’s
another story)…I digress. Ants are basically
amazing. When you think of a colony of ants you should
imagine each ant acting as a single cell in a much
larger organism. More |
| Why do they come to Malawi? | |
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By John Douglas I recently flew from Berlin to London. The air fare? It was zero! OK, I had to pay taxes and a baggage fee but it was still a wage-packet or two away from the thousand dollars I might have to pay for a return flight from Europe to the Warm Heart of Africa. Budget airlines, like Ryanair and EasyJet continue to make holidaying in Europe within most people’s grasp. Packages to North America and many Asian destinations from Europe continue to be attractively priced. For example, it’s possible to stay 3-star for ten days in Sri Lanka, including flights from Europe, for less than the air fare to Lilongwe. More |
| Doc’ Stockley-Malaria, Mozzies & a Zungu (4) | |
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This is the 4th article in our series on malaria, if you
want to read the others go on The Eye website and
you will find the full or even expanded articles. We
have covered the life cycle, the disease, the effect
of immunity and diagnosis. We asked the question,
why is an up-country school boy, who is bitten 5
times a night, completely well most of the time, yet
a Mzungu bitten once on a weekend at the lake is
very ill in 10 days and without treatment dead in
another week? More importantly, why are so many
travelers told they have malaria even when they are taking prophylaxis and don’t even have a fever, or have only been in the country 4 days?. More |
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The eye is our most important sensory organ, the
window to the world and the prerequisite for an
active life. Sight influences the way in which we
view the world. No camera is a match for the tasks
that our eyes are able to perform on a daily basis:
they are able to distinguish between light and dark,
they can perceive colours, recognise spatial contrasts
and adapt effortlessly and at lightning speed |
| Mulanje Porters Race. By Hastings Maloya | |
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Are you strong and fit enough to run up and down and across rocks and stones? Or do you know of a friend who loves mountain hiking? Hey, not just simple hiking but a race that requires good training. So what does one need to do as training prior to taking part in a 25km race up and across a mountain, along the way protruding rocks and stones waiting to send you crashing to the ground mangling flesh and only temporarily masking the pain of blood filled blisters? Answers could only be found after participating or witnessing the Mount Mulanje Porters Race. The annual Mount Mulanje Porters Race, Malawi’s only extreme sport, has attracted the attention of sports lovers both locally and internationally involving runners both male and female.. More |
