Country Info
- Lusaka
- Capital
- Kwacha (ZMK)
- Currency
- 9,770,199
- Population
- ZM
- Country Code
Lusaka Slideshow
Lusaka
Travel Blogs from Lusaka, Zambia
Leopards
Leaving Malawi was probably the worst things I have ever hade to do. We past through customs, passport control and checked our luggage in about 15 minutes but everyone there had a smile even though everybody that worked there didn't really want to be ...
Touched down
Finally, I am here! ... The flights were tiring, yesterday was crazy but today is good ...
The African 'orient express': not quite the same:)
... less and save some money. We had 16 000 shilling, or 16 dollars which was suppose to hold for the whole train ride until Lusaka. 8 dollars is not much especially as the prices were higher than we thought. We bought two loafs of bread, jam, peanut butter, ...
t shirt stolen
After the touristy area around Livingston and Victoria Falls Zambia was pretty dreary. The carrots in the market could have used some Viagra they were so limp. We had bought a sheep in Zimbabwe and slaughtered in and roasted it full of vegies over a open ...
On to Dar
... ; ticket booked on Tazara railway from Kapiri Mposhe leaving 1600 due in Dar Es Salaam 12:35 Sunday. The Zambia Railway System does not operate a reliable connection from Lusaka to KM so it is bacl on the bus for 3-4 hours. It remains a matter of some ...
My favourite border-crossing
... some semi-wild zebra and wildebeest on the site and a decent bar with a pool table, darts and all the rest. Love Zambia! *However Zambia does allow citizens of some countries to visit without applying for a visa for a period of no more than 30 days. ...
Lusaka and Luangwa Valley
Hello!!! We're in Lusaka, Zambia. Perhaprs the largest city I've seen so far since Jo'Berg! I've never seen anything like it...half modern...half rickety. Vendors on the street selling anything you can think of right in front of commercial ...
More adventures in Zambia
... doing the driving. On Monday, we headed into town and booked a safari for Sunday in the Luangwa Valley, a national park in Zambia, and then did some grocery shopping for our trip to Lake Kariba. My parents have a holiday home in Siavonga, which ...
Volleyball
There was a volleyball court here but it turned out that we all sucked at it. Bit of fun ...
flight
... in Lusaka for two hours -- so had to overnight in London. Apparently, some gentle fool tried to take a suitcase full of grass Lusaka to london -- and all the bags had to be taken off and sniffed before departure. never did hear what happened to the ...
Lusaka, Zambia
Lusaka is the capital of Zambia and is a mix of old and new. There are a few huge markets where the locals shop and new shopping malls where the expats gather on Sunday. I was surprised to see so many of them, though it is hard to tell who is ...
Peril of the roads
Travelled from Luska to Livingstone today which took us about 7 hours. We were also almost first on the sence of a nasty RTA (road traffic accident) so I jumped out to try and help but found the mam#n was already dead. was strange to see how some of the ...
In which we return to Lusaka
... outskirts of Lusaka we stopped at a curio shop where the others bought trinkets (I have enough!) then at a supermarket in Lusaka itself where I bought some Brazilian coffee and turmeric and was very restrained by not buying everything else. ...
Cha Cha Cha Backpackers 480Km 7 Hours
... day and we didn't get into Lusaka until about 16:30, with again multiple stops for police checks, and when finally in Lusaka I drove to the Toyota dealership to ask about batteries and the idling issue. A mechanic gave me some advice about tightening the ...
Day 7
... me!! I'll stop drinking now! Tonight we were supposed to be having dinner with some members from the Rotary club in Zambia. However, they cancelled last minute, for reasons I don't think anyone really knows! I'm a bit disappointed! The weather on ...
Dude, I'm In Zambia
So, it finally hit me that I'm going to live here and love it here. I was riding around the cruiser in Lusaka with a couple of female, Zambian trainers and talking and looking at sites. A couple of things happened 1) A rush of memories ...
Amazing Africa
Our next stop takes us to Zambia Africa. We have been signed up to take an African Safari. What animals did you see? What would it be like living ...
Big Game
Went on a night safari - generally these are pretty much a waste of time. Pavolv managed to learn that dogs have conditioned responses, so why would that differ to lions, leopards, other animals I ask? the answer is it does not, the average ...
Back in Lusaka but not for long
I have arrived safely back from Tanzania and Zanzibar island. Despite a 6 hour plane delay in Dar Es Salem we made it back in good spirits. The plane ride from the island to "Dar" was a bit on the sketchy side but we made it anyways. My good friend ...
What a feast!
On the 12 of April we took on the road from Livingston to Lusaka – to visit my friends Willem and Adele. The initial stretch of road was bad gravel en there after a relatively good tar road. One thing you learn to do most African countries is never ...
Day 12
... up! This evening we had guests. Mr Walima, Mrs Sakala, Daniel and Patrica were joining us from school, and two Rotarians from Lusaka, who we hadn't actually met yet were joining us, with their wives. So it was a pretty important dinner. We ate in ...
Pork Chops!!
It’s been a few days since I’m writing this so my memory is starting to fade now but I’ll do my best. I think a very long drive day as usual which consisted of the usual of cards, reading, me trying to sleep, and talking. We ...