Lake Safari Lodge Siavonga

Lusaka 15/10/09
480ks
If the petrol station man, the camp manager, Omar the Egyptian, and everyone else in Livingstone told you that there was no fuel until Lusaka would you believe them? Me and Dave did but Robin thought he would try his luck. So we had to buy this stuff for his bike of the black market guys that looked and smelled like pain thinners. It cost 90 000 kwakkers (something ...

Heading to Lusaka now and the road is being replaced (thanks very much to the Chinese Government) thus numerous detours which made a long trip even longer.. we came across a place called Moorings Camp and it is great in the middle of nowhere green grass and a happy array of puppy dogs. Interestingly there turned out to be a number of these farms where you can kind of camp on the front lawn of the farm house, very nice but a bit on the smelly side. We think they were farming pigs.

... storey boat!!! it was aweosme fun
guys went fishing and we a hada few cat fish for meals
had a fancy dress party ion the monday night which was a laugh from the costume items wwe bought lets just say they werent fantastic!!
huge drive day to livingstone tomorow!! bumpy roads and un finshed roadfs make the last ride in pumba an experirnce
we change trucks in Livingstone to hyena for the last leg to J'burg!

... for the next 2 hours before half the bus got off and we were able to stretch out for the last 2 hours of bumpy roads to Livingstone. We thought we were in the clear and the worst of the bus ride was over.

The bus was pitch black, and Brittany, Sarah, and Lindsey tried to fall asleep for the last part of the ride. All of a sudden, Brittany felt a large object quickly scurry up her arm, across her neck, and behind her seat. She leaped onto ...

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 we walked ...

... so Zambia is sitting on the fence, for now. Caught between the pressures of retaining cultural traditions and defying change off the back of colonialism, and of using Western models to improve the quality of life, Zambian medicine has developed into a mixture of old and new. The mysticism of witchcraft inevitably draws in many of the sick and lame willing to resort to desperate measures even if they are sceptical. Not that I’m in any way suggesting that the elusive t-shirt was in ...

... double rooms which had roll up tarps for windows so no doubt about a sea (or lake) view. There was a jacuzzi & chefs who made beautiful food, we were spoilt. We went out on smaller tender boats both days on game views. We saw plenty of hippos the only problem is as soon as you get close to them they dissapear under the water. So you only see their heads when ...

... and reached the other side of the Lake. And techinically, I was in Zimbabwe - without 'officially' entering the country! Since I will not spend that $65 ebtry visa to visit the country ruled by terror, this was as far as I would go in Zimbabwe, for now. But at least theorectically, I just visited my country No. 97. (Cheating, I know)

... for the next couple weeks. Food we felt we did not have to eat with caution or question as to taste, safety, nutritional value or what it really was.

To sum up this arrival, well, what could I do? Getting upset won't change things, so I just did what I needed to do. We did have fun that day amidst the uncertainties and unfamiliar surroundings and culture. I think the fun came in the form of us finding humor in things and we were in it together.

... and I can feel a tan coming on (or sunburn). Currently in Victoria Falls. This is an amazing place and the falls are spectacular. Went down to view them today and unfortunatly there is a heard of buffalo which are getting aggressive so they have closed the gates for the day... So had to go to the Zambia border and look from the 111 metre high bridge. Am going white water rafting tommorrow and you will be happy to know that they have currently graded the ...