{"id":2800,"date":"2009-11-24T18:17:31","date_gmt":"2009-11-24T23:17:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.howderfamily.com\/blog\/?p=2800"},"modified":"2022-05-03T06:25:10","modified_gmt":"2022-05-03T11:25:10","slug":"malawi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.howderfamily.com\/blog\/malawi\/","title":{"rendered":"Now Malawi"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I\u2019ve had a good month attracting new visitors from Africa. I\u2019d pretty much stagnated with that audience lately so that’s a noteworthy accomplishment. I\u2019ve tracked statistics for nearly two years and kept a close watch. Unfortunately I haven’t had as much success as I’ve wanted. I even lamented my poor record with African visitors in an article I posted at the end of October<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Then I recorded a visitor from Mali<\/a> a couple of weeks later and found it very pleasing. Now I am downright ecstatic to report my very first visit from the east African country of Malawi. Slowly I begin to fill even the more difficult countries on my visitor map of the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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General Musings<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
\"Malawi.
Malawi from my Google Analytics statistics<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I described a geo-oddity I noticed on a map<\/a> of Malawi in April. Back then I reviewed the situation of two Malawian islands in Lake Malawi, Likoma and Chizumulu. Oddly, they are completely surrounded by the territorial waters of neighboring Mozambique. Both islands have residents that live within a rare example of a water-bound exclave. Unfortunately the article didn\u2019t attract any Malawian visitors at that time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Vallage,<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Malawi is a country with many obstacles but is showing signs of recent improvement. However, high infant mortality, the prevalence of HIV\/AIDS, economic underdevelopment, deficient infrastructure and limited educational opportunities all provide challenges. Thus the life expectancy at birth is only 43 years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Malawi is a country about the size of the U.S. state of Pennsylvania according to the CIA World Fact Book<\/a>. The population exceeds 14 million. Yet the vast majority of its inhabitants survive through subsistence agriculture. Its largest city, Blantyre, has only about a half million residents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Elevation Extremes<\/h2>\n\n\n\n