Lusaka, Zambia Travel Blogs

We've become teachers . . .
Jul 1, 2009

I'll update for the two last days: Yesterday we were completely overwhelmed helping with the school. It is so chaotic. The teacher gives a lesson on a subject, time or math and then the children have to write the lesson in scrappy little paper composition ...

Eureka we're here
Aug 24, 2009 (3 photos)

Monday 24th August. We drove on through the villages and arrived at the capital of Zambia the town of Lusaka. We stayed at Eureka camp. This camp is attached to a game reserve (private) where we drove in to see giraffe and zebras and after setting up camp ...

Day 16 - Monday, 27 November, 2007
Feb 24, 2007

I was really nervous today because I taught my first yoga class.  I had to teach Beginners Class 3.  I thought that I would be teaching after morning satsang and then they went and changed the whole group order round (forgot that happened on a ...

More photos
Sep 9, 2009 (30 photos)

As promised - more photos from the first part of my trip. Not much else to say really. Went on a microlight flight this morning over Victoria Falls and it was brilliant. Saw a herd of elephants from above as well as hippos and crocs. I even got to fly the ...

Zambian Days
May 20, 2007 (13 photos)

... , with her veggetable stand, a grandmother who cares for five grandchildren after her daughter died, in Chainda compound, Lusaka: Mae (Ms.) Banda - crocheting during a small social issue discussion group in Chainda Some girls in Chainda, who always ...

Day 28 - Saturday, 9 December, 2006
Mar 3, 2007

I've made it to day 28!!  The final day of the course...the end of yoga boot camp!  I was beginning to think this day would never arrive, but it has.    Even on the day of the exam, they made us wake up for morning satsang.  It ...

Day 10 - Tuesday, 21 November, 2006
Feb 17, 2007

I managed to get up into a wobbly headstand today in class all on my own.  We attempted to do the peacock for the first time today (you try and balance your whole body parallel to the ground by supporting it with only your palms flat on the ground ...

Day 11 - Wednesday, 22 November, 2006
Feb 17, 2007

I got told off today for not crossing my legs during prayers at the start of the afternoon lecture.  I think I've been spending too much time leaning on the walls and chatting during lectures that something had to be said to me.  Point taken... ...

Progress update...
Sep 5, 2009

... of - im shooting blind; the quality of my photos is probably going to decrease drastically. We crossed the border into Zambia yesterday and spent the night at a small campsite. The ridiculous rumours that the Zambian president was around turned out to be ...

Lusaka, Zambia
Nov 26, 2008

... we enjoy this.  As well, during our walking tour of the central area, we found Subway, always good.  Lusaka has a nice(..by African standards) downtown, and even nicer shopping centres within walking distance of our guesthouse.  We found ...

FAST INTERNET ZAMBIA - PHOTOS!!!
Sep 8, 2009 (12 photos)

... we had to get out and walk around the grade 6 rapid which has killed a professional kayaker. The bridge you bungee from connects Zambia to Zimbabwe so you technically enter Zimbabwe when you bungee but you dont have to get a visa. Touts on the bridge were ...

To Lusaka, the capital of Zambia
Oct 19, 2008 (6 photos)

... is an unusual Travel Day between Festival sites.  The distance from Malawi's capital Lilongwe (population one million) to Zambia's capital Lusaka (population two million) is 45 minutes by air.  We've flown this route several times in the past.& ...

Zambia
Jul 22, 2005 (2 photos)

... and most accurately placed visa stamp I've ever had! A very slow process! The road became much more interesting in Zambia, with scary mountain passes and cute little straw hut villages. The roads were rather like a truck graveyard especially as they' ...

Day 8 - Sunday, 19 November, 2006
Feb 17, 2007

 The day started out beautifully.  We did another silent walk down to the dam wall.  I wish we could do that every morning.  It's so refreshing to get out of the walls of the ashram and explore a bit.   I'm so excited!!  ...

Reporte del camino #1 desde Zambia
Dec 15, 2005 (1 photos)

Reporte desde el camino #1 Hola todos, Estoy en Zambia, específicamente en South Luangwa National Park que está a la orilla del Luangwa River. Es mi primer sentada a escribir desde que partí el 13 de Noviembre (felicidades Terrones) y quien sabe hasta ...

Valentine's Day Concert
Feb 14, 2008 (7 photos)

Pictures from a Valentine's Day concert featuring local artists Danny, K'Millian, John Chiti, and others.

London - Lusaka
Apr 13, 2006

... due to the early arrival, again about 20 minutes ahead of schedule. There was plenty of food however. The arrivals formalities in Lusaka were straight forward. I had to pay for the visa upon arrival, fee USD 25.00. The luggage came through very quickly ...

Day 3 - Tuesday, 14 November, 2006
Jan 6, 2007

Today has been a blessing in disguise for me...my period has started which means no food serving for a few days and I got to skip the morning asana class because of cramps.  I haven't felt my aching body so much today because of the pain killers ...

Ahhh Zambia
Jan 25, 2007

... them on some microcredit and youth projects. They have a Peace Center here that does great education programs with refugees. Zambia lets in more refugees than it's neighbors and has high concentrations of Angolans, Burundian, Rwandans, Sudanese, etc. ...

Eureka Camp
Aug 9, 2006 (12 photos)

welcome to civilization and away from the campsites! Although we arrived in the city we still went to a farm campsite where we put up our tents and stayed there for one night only. Today before arriving at the campsite, we made our way to a shopping ...

Day 19 - Thursday, 30 November, 2006
Feb 24, 2007 (1 photos)

Today was kriyas day.  I woke up all confident to try some of them, but when it actually came to the moment of walking down to the lake armed with our neti pots (a little pot that looks like a watering can that you fill with warm salty water and then ...

We Thought Buses Couldn't Get Worse Than Egypt
Aug 28, 2009

Zambezi Airways got us safely from Johannesburg, South Africa to Lusaka, Zambia. We were scheduled to meet our safari group on August 28th in Livingstone, Zambia. We decided to give ourselves a few extra travel days because we have not had good success ...

Munda Wanga Environmental Park
Sep 27, 2007 (17 photos)

... , our two new Japanese friends Hayato and Nobu, and I took a trip to the Munda Wanga Environmental Park in Lusaka. It has gardens and a small zoo, where they rehabilitate animals so that they can eventually be reintroduced into their natural habitat. ...

Day 22 - Sunday, 3 December, 2006
Mar 3, 2007

I can't believe I'm already on day 22!  There are moments when it feels like I just arrived the other day and then others when it feels like I've been here forever.  Four more days left.  Only four days.  I've never kept track of how ...

Lusaka - Part 1
Jun 1, 2005

This is my first trip to Southern Africa and I am the guest of Jo's dad (John) who lives and works out here. Jo and I are friends from the LPC at Bristol. The last few days have been spent relaxing. Lots of reading.... in between trying to settle ...

Out of Malawi
Apr 3, 2009

... and how mjuch etc.    So now we have left Malawi and had a supposed 8hour bus journey from Lilongwe to Lusaka (capital zambia), turns out this is all LIES LIES I TELL YOU!! 18!! HOURS later after stopping in a few random little areas along ...

Mosquito hunt in Lusaka
Dec 10, 2007

Ended up spending the whole day yesterday at the shopping mall (American style), doing all sorts of activities such as blogging, shopping, dining and even got to go to the cinema. We saw the film Lions for Lambs - was good to see a film after a long time, ...

Lake Kariba house boat cruise
Feb 6, 2007 (8 photos)

  You should read the February 12th entry before going through this one.  The highlight of my stay in Zambia was a 2 day house-boat cruise on Lake Kariba. We had a number of long driving days before getting there, so some African R&R ( ...

bye zambia
May 25, 2007 (28 photos)

... not yet dear but soon , oh internet not working, maggie fainted...wait, what? The only time I leave maggie alone out in Lusaka, I'm gone for maybe ten minutes and she faints in the middle of a bank....a bit stressful indeed. I have various going away ...

The Festival in Lusaka, Zambia
Oct 20, 2008 (17 photos)

... years old and has a sarcoma in his right leg and will be getting four radiation treatments starting November 14th in Lusaka. He thanked LifeNets for providing funding for the operation.   One lament about NGO's (Non-Government Organizations) which ...