Protea Hotel Cairo Road Lusaka

... for no reason and now I am destined to take photos with no idea what i'm taking a photo of - im shooting blind; the quality of my photos is probably going to decrease drastically.<br><br>We crossed the border into Zambia yesterday and spent the night at a small campsite. The ridiculous rumours that the Zambian president was around turned out to be true and the clientele in the bar that evening consisted mainly of policemen, stern men in suits and security ...

The capital of Zambia, we didn't get a chance to explore Lusaka more than looking out of the window as we drove through. Our campsite was pretty though, a way out of town but with a little park outside in which impalas and zebras browsed. Nothing dangerous lived there, so we could go for a walk around, and duly spent an hour or so having impalas running away from us. I

... rafting 6 hour trip class 4 rapids yesterday for $55! But the water and air is too cold so we chose to jump up cliffs instead, haha.<br><br>Megan and I had HIGH Tea at the Royal Livingstone yesterday. Very colonial. I posted some pics on my facebook. Sorry about not being able to post more pics. This time I'm on the hotel computer as the wifi is very expensive. It's one thing or another.<br>More later, keep cool my Florida friends.<br>Michelle<br><br><br><br>

... back to Puka Pan Lodge, Kafue park as we had decided that place would be a good introduction to Africa. We fought through the rush hour Lusaka traffic and emerged the other side unscathed and drove the 200km to the bumpy road turning having stopped off for fuel at Mumbwa (I think that's how you spell it). The attendant said he was short of diesel and could only let me have 20 litres which was fine as I had filled at Lusaka and that's all it would probably take (you fill up when ...

... the extra nights as we decided to stay until the Friday - they said to just pay when we left. We had a quick drink in the bar sitting on stools watching the sun set over the Zambezi. I then heard someone order a T bone steak &amp; we decided we couldn't be bothered to cook so stayed for dinner. The campsite is a popular 'overlanders' stop with disparate groups coming and going but the regime seems to be arrive late afternoon &amp; away early so most of them are too tired to ...

... to the market, no one could tell us how long it would take. Now I can see why. We walked past stalls of used clothes, shoes, electronics, bananas, socks, meat, fish.....there was no organization, no flow. Every other market I've been to is organized into sections. This was unlike anything I've ever seen. We never reached the core, never found what we were looking for. It was massive and dirty and busy ...

... the country. Life although hard must benefit from lack of stress as Joseph tells us that his father was over 90 when he died from old age. Of course now Malaria, from which Joseph is recovering, is the highest risk, but is often easily treated if the victim can make it across the river to the clinic in good time and with money to buy treatment. Also now they are sleeping in mosquito nets provided free during a recent charity uplift sponsored by ...

... beyond the budget available. It took half an hour to drive there, and the dirt road off the main paved highway was of the 4WD variety. The lodge itself was very nice. As we parked I saw a tame female (greater) kudu on the lawn. A bushbuck was eating flower blossoms that had fallen from a tree. It was beautiful. I picked up some blossoms and offered them in my hand to the kudu. She came right up and nibbled out of my hand. Jim and others fed her too. The ...

... passed her a plastic bottle, which she grasped with both hands and occasionally supped from.<br><br>As intriguing as it was to view such a unique spectacle, it soon became a little melodramatic. Her breathing became very irregular, her body heaving and her chest rising and falling sharply. Her limbs began to shake wildly, and soon the rhythmic chanting was replaced with prolonged, hoarse gasping from the back of her throat, like she was trying to gargle without any liquid. It was an ...

... if clothing factories ship their mis-sized items there or what the problem was and there was little to choose from so I gave up. I did buy sweatpants (that shrunk far too much the first wash), a towel, undies, pj's. I still have the pj's actually and they were a great buy. I was re-imbursed some by the airline for the inconvenience.<br>We waited several long hours at this complex for our bus, driver and team leader to return. They had gone back ...