Hotel Lubumbashi
Travel Blogs from Lubumbashi
The End of the Road
... re even better when mashed up with ground nuts. Ground nuts seem to be the same as peanuts to me though everyone here insists that they are different. Any kind of green is traditionally cooked by sautéing it with some chopped onion, tomato, and green pepper in vegetable oil. Beans are also cooked with sautéed onion, tomato, and green pepper. I definitely appreciate that meat is always cooked as a separate dish from the greens and beans, so I know that ...
It’s Heating Up
... garment this past week. It was really exciting but also quite scary since this patient was bleeding profusely. They had applied the NASG incorrectly at the clinic so it was too loose and didn’t work to constrict the bleeding. The nurses at the hospital tightened the NASG and continued to treat the patient the best they could. During the hour that I was around the ward while she was there, the patient had lost over a liter of blood and went into DIC, meaning that her blood was ...
Being Called Fat is a Compliment
... Although I had no idea what he was saying, it must have been pretty funny because people throughout the bus were laughing. He then proceeded to introduce himself to me. “I am Jonathan. I am pleased to meet myself.” His English was not so great. After holding court in Bemba for a little bit longer he asked where I’m from. Upon hearing that I’m from the States he informed me that he would like to return to the US with me to ...
First Impressions
I've been in Zambia for four days now. The first day was a bit of a whirlwind. My first 8 hours in Zambia after over 30 hours of travel time were spent visiting the Lusaka office meeting my boss, flying up to the Copperbelt, and meeting Greta, the girl I'm replacing. (Side note: For those of you who don't know, I'm in Zambia for three months working on a UCSF study aimed to reduce maternal mortality due to obstetric hemorrhage - see ...
Lets get the train to Zambia.......
... to cover you knees and clearly nothing elce!
the first night it rained like crazy and in a rickety train on a bed thats very easy to fall out of you dont want a storm!!!
They left on the second day so we had the carrage to ourselves, after supper (we took all our own food on so we didnt have to buy the expencive food on he train and ate bread and jam for 2 days!) we went for a very early night as there was nothing elce ...
Amenities
- Restaurant
- Room service
- Free parking