Kuomboka Backpackers Hostel Guest House Lusaka

... and held her ipod up to illuminate the back of the bus. There was a giant rat on top of the seat looking at them. Brittany and Lindsey jumped out of the back seats and ran to the front of the bus for the remainder of the ride. <br><br>Sarah woke up and turned around to announce we had arrived in Livingstone. Brittany and Lindsey were nowhere to be found. Sarah thought the two of them had been kidnapped. She soon spotted them in the front of the bus ...

... on his way. There are a few retail shops here plus an Internet café. We went to Spar and did some shopping, but as we didn&#8217;t get everything we wanted we called at Shoprite too. Here in the Shoprite car park we were asked for money by locals, we said no thank you firmly but politely. On the way out of the shop Neil purchased some potatoes and oranges from a street vendor, they were better quality than in the supermarkets ...

We visited the Helen De Vos School in the Kanyama Compound today. A compound is like a ghetto. No running water, very little electricity, cement block houses. The school is a paradise compared to its surroundings. Children in Zambia are only required to go to school until 7th grade. The De Vos ...

... and generally our favorite foods are international cuisines. Please correct me if I'm wrong, but North Americans don't have a strong traditional culture. Yet we're the envy of the world. So many people dream of emmigrating to the US and living the American dream. What they don't realize, though, is that they'll quickly get sucked into the fast-paced American way of life and slowly lose their traditional culture that they're so proud of.<br><br>What I do know, and ...

... size of turkeys) were impressive before we got back for our water melon breakfast. The boat trip was arranged for 3.45pm and Martin said he would contact us if the lion resurfaced or if anything else exciting popped up. He is genuinely a helpful man and really does want us to see what we want to see and I think he enjoys the game drives - he's been her 16 years - he's also the boatman! Had lunch in place of dinner because of the boat trip. The boat was small and there were plenty ...

... others with shopping, some were all dressed up and they seemed to be making the most of the public holiday. The few villages we passed through were thronging with people at the market stalls &amp; with some wonderfully named shops such as the Reasonable shop 1, the Reasonable shop 2, the Reasonably Restaurant and so on and all in crumbling brick shacks. We reached a campsite called the Houseboat Campsite and set up 50 metres from the water's edge and went to bed to the ...

... policies that have to be in place to keep us legit. Its especially complicated by the fact that a lot of our programs are implemented through local organizations, which means that we sub-grant money to them. I hadn't fully realized the implications of sub-granting money (even if its just a few thousand dollars) to these local groups, who often times don't have anyone on staff who knows even basic bookkeeping. So that was interesting in a "as long as this is ...

... think she'll be back next week... though hopefully not at 7AM again. Other exciting things around the house include seeing an owl perched on the electrical lines above my house one evening while doing yoga - an owl!! And seeing the most beautiful double rainbow at sunset after a rainstorm (see the pics). I've also been exploring the wonders of cable TV, for the first time in 10 years ... I keep watching MTV and feeling really, really old. Those ...

... numbers of people infected and deaths are unknown, since the government doesn't want the figures known. Apparently even South Africa is not being forthright with its figures (cholera has breached the border) because the World Football Cup is coming next year and the authorities don't want to scare off tourists and fans. These are serious situations that are affecting millions of people, and there aren't any neat, quick solutions.

... produced from burned bats, &#8220;hairy calculi&#8221; from the bowels of old cows (I believe I know what he meant by this given that I was fed &#8216;hairy&#8217; looking innards on more than one occasion) snakes&#8217; skin or vertebrae and &#8220;every kind of tuber, bulb and plant to be found in the country&#8221; as charms for this practice. They were ever hospitable to Livingstone, although understandably he suspected their shaky logic.<br><br>When Livingstone, a staunch ...