Travel Blogs by Travelers Who Stayed at this CampgroundLusaka Backpackers
Lusaka
Go to the following link for more photos to go with this section - you may need to cut and paste it into your browser to get it to work: http://picasaweb.google.com/tree2222/Za mbiaLusaka So we arrived at the bus station at 5.30am and were pleasantly surprised that the bus actually left at 6.30am.....that's more or less on time by African standards …
The money troubles continue
Had a great night's sleep in Chachacha backpackers. On Monday, we found some local markets and wandered around. Both bought some lovely material and had yummy samoosas for lunch. Caught the last bus to Livingstone (took 6 hours) and walked into the gorgeous Fawlty Towers Backpackers at 8pm that night. Again, a fantastic place to stay - big rooms, …
Advice to Oliver and Dan on hostels, Lusaka
Wel,l I only saw Lusaka in the dark, so I shall have to back and see it again. Zambia seemed like quite a well organised place.
I rose at 5am and flew from Dar es Salaam to Johannesburg. I really enjoyed a few hours at J'burg airport- sad, I know, but I hadn't had a european style lunch with a glass of red SA wine, followed by a well made …
One Epic journey
We departed Dar es Salaam on Friday at 1pm. We caught the Tazara train, which was to take 48hours. We were first class sharing with two Africans, one we called cowboy man because he wore a cowboy hat and thought he was American. The other guy was ok. We went in shifts for dinner, the menu was;
Chicken
Beef
Rice
Chips
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Night clubbing, pickpockets and poverty...
After Livingstone we took a coach to Lusaka the capital. We checked into Chachacha backpackers in Lusaka after a day on the bus and they cooked us a great dinner. The next morning we walked into the town center to change some travellers checks and had many problems since we didn't have the sales receipt on us - something that you never need in Asia …
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