{"id":23,"date":"2018-04-02T06:10:23","date_gmt":"2018-04-02T06:10:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wsteemers.com\/Africa\/?page_id=23"},"modified":"2018-04-04T03:23:55","modified_gmt":"2018-04-04T03:23:55","slug":"malawi","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wsteemers.com\/Africa\/malawi\/","title":{"rendered":"Malawi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-521 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wsteemers.com\/Africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Malawi11.gif?resize=26%2C62&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"26\" height=\"62\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>Malawi is a small country defined by Lake Malawi, which runs almost the entire length of the country. We spent most of our time at various places along the lake, doing the &#8220;beach&#8221; thing (of which I have no photographs at all) and visiting a local village. I also went diving in the lake &#8211; a special experience since it was my first fresh-water dive, and I didn&#8217;t need a weight-belt. We also went to Nyika National Park, where the plan was to go horse-back riding, but instead the rain kept us inside, in the bar&#8230;<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-399\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wsteemers.com\/Africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/MA_child_me.jpg?resize=282%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"282\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wsteemers.com\/Africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/MA_child_me.jpg?resize=282%2C300&amp;ssl=1 282w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wsteemers.com\/Africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/MA_child_me.jpg?w=474&amp;ssl=1 474w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 282px) 85vw, 282px\" \/> <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-400\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wsteemers.com\/Africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/MA_children_me.jpg?resize=296%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"296\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wsteemers.com\/Africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/MA_children_me.jpg?resize=296%2C300&amp;ssl=1 296w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wsteemers.com\/Africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/MA_children_me.jpg?w=361&amp;ssl=1 361w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 296px) 85vw, 296px\" \/> <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-401\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wsteemers.com\/Africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/MA_children_sunglasses.jpg?resize=270%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"270\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wsteemers.com\/Africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/MA_children_sunglasses.jpg?resize=270%2C300&amp;ssl=1 270w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wsteemers.com\/Africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/MA_children_sunglasses.jpg?w=460&amp;ssl=1 460w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 270px) 85vw, 270px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>Visit to the local village near the campsite, were the children were eager to be photographed, and loved playing with our sunglasses&#8230;<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-404\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wsteemers.com\/Africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/MA_vill_woman.jpg?resize=162%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"162\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wsteemers.com\/Africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/MA_vill_woman.jpg?resize=162%2C300&amp;ssl=1 162w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wsteemers.com\/Africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/MA_vill_woman.jpg?w=304&amp;ssl=1 304w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 162px) 85vw, 162px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>Village woman pounding manioc root, the staple food for many Africans<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-405\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wsteemers.com\/Africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/MA_village_dinner.jpg?resize=300%2C201&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"201\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wsteemers.com\/Africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/MA_village_dinner.jpg?resize=300%2C201&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wsteemers.com\/Africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/MA_village_dinner.jpg?w=736&amp;ssl=1 736w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/> <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-403\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wsteemers.com\/Africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/MA_Rob_dance.jpg?resize=203%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"203\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wsteemers.com\/Africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/MA_Rob_dance.jpg?resize=203%2C300&amp;ssl=1 203w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wsteemers.com\/Africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/MA_Rob_dance.jpg?w=389&amp;ssl=1 389w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 203px) 85vw, 203px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>The villagers prepared a meal for us, played music and invited us to dance with them (well done Rob!)<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-402\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wsteemers.com\/Africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/MA_Nyika_rain.jpg?resize=736%2C492&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"736\" height=\"492\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wsteemers.com\/Africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/MA_Nyika_rain.jpg?w=736&amp;ssl=1 736w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wsteemers.com\/Africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/MA_Nyika_rain.jpg?resize=300%2C201&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 736px) 85vw, 736px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>A rainstorm on the plains of Nyika National Park (this is what kept us from horse-back riding)<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Malawi is a small country defined by Lake Malawi, which runs almost the entire length of the country. We spent most of our time at various places along the lake, doing the &#8220;beach&#8221; thing (of which I have no photographs at all) and visiting a local village. I also went diving in the lake &#8211; &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/wsteemers.com\/Africa\/malawi\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Malawi&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-23","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wsteemers.com\/Africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/23","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wsteemers.com\/Africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wsteemers.com\/Africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wsteemers.com\/Africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wsteemers.com\/Africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/wsteemers.com\/Africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/23\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":539,"href":"https:\/\/wsteemers.com\/Africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/23\/revisions\/539"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wsteemers.com\/Africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}