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J ai ete content d arrive en Zambie. Enfin le voyage redevient facile... Meme si pays anglophone oblige, les changeurs, taximen, chauffeurs de bus essayent de vous extorque le maximun d argent en doublant les tarifs au minimun. A moins les infrastructure sont la et permettent de traverser le pays rapidement. Une fois arrive a chingola, je suis parti pour les chutes victoria. 1000 kms de route fait en une journee de transport en commun : taxi collectifs, minibus

Up at dawn again ( I go to bed at 9pm these days), met up with Max (armed with AK 47) and we head off for a walking safari. To date I've seen Lions, Elephants, Warthogs, Impala, Gibbons, Hippos, but today all I'm seeing is dung, flippin loads of it. Just when I've decided that this is about as ...

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 animal has learnt that the sound of an apporaching vehicle with a high powered search lights means there are 2 options: 1) Stay put and wait until you are blinded by the light and ...

Up at dawn, mist rolling over the Zambezi, round the camp fire to warm up - apparently last night there was a lion roaring on the other bank, I didn't hear it as my teeth were chattering too much - it is freakin freezin (Martin, if you read this Zambia is not 'slightly chilly' at night its freezing; Two Season sleeping bag my ar5e). Anyway, a full english breakfast soon sorted me out. Had a hot shower (outside) and we then got into our canoes and paddled ...

Right have booked a 5 day safari in the lower zambezi, there are 5 others (a couple from Melbourne, a couple from Hamburg and Luiz from Sao Paulo). In addition we have John the guide and Mr Banda the chef. We hurtle far too fast down roads avoiding pot holes, goats and small children. I met the guide the night before, he was ...

There are two local volunteers, 19 years old who seem to have taken a shine to me - they seem to think that at 38 I should be married with 3 children (come to think of it so do I!!). Anyway, they have offered to be my wives, and as in Zambia you can have seven wives, it seems ok - I have set them some tests that include: washing my clothes, carrying my bag and making me tea, so I'm finding life ...

Tournament day - the pitches have all been marked out at Ndeke school, which is basically a hard packed mud field with the odd patch of grass, its covered in stones, bricks, etc and I doubt most people would even drive their cars across it, let alone run on it with bare feet - as the kids will. The tournament was well received and even Zambia TV turned up, along with ...

Coaching these school children is a humbling experience, they all seem to walk miles to school (which starts at 7.00 am), but are very enthusiastic. I'm pretty sure they think the white men are a bit odd, and no doubt their grandparents had the same thoughts when the English bowled up in the 19 century. So the idea is to select 10 players who will represent their school at the end of ...

Dear everyone, I was planning on writing an official prayer letter before leaving, but i've just been too busy! I've been a real slacker in terms of mass communication...i've just never been a big fan. This is my last week of work and then I'm out of here! So crazy. I had my last group meeting with my Peer Educators, and have mostly been doing some visiting and some last minute ...

Hey Everyone! I'm finally posting some pics. Unfortunately I don't have the pics from the game park i just went to....but my camera mostly focussed on the long grass instead of the animals, so you're not missing much. A group of us went hiking to Baluba rock...it was super fun to get out of the city for the day. It was quite a multicultural group...two dutchies, 2 canadians, one ...