Protea Hotel Livingstone

... a meal with us, or otherwise expressed any interest in our comfort. OK -- glad I got that off my chest!<br><br>We help with meat preparation, enclosure cleaning and some community education work, but the majority of the volunteers' time is taken up with going out on walks in the bush with 2-3 lions at a time -- starting at 6:30 am. It is very cool to be that close to the lions, and occasionally they do interesting things like chase prey or climb trees ...

... my heart rate quickened instantly ............so i took a couple of deep nervous breaths..............<br>the river now looked tiny below me .......the drop was huge..................but my brain could not comprehend the situation .............the situation i found myself in of standing on the edge was terrifying in itself ...........but the thought of then sticking my hands in the air , pushing out my chest and diving into that view was one step to far .<br><br>I was told to look ...

... for the first time, completing our Big 5. On the river, we finally saw crocs as well, some from extremely close, which was quite cool.<br><br>Yesterday, after we arrived here in Livingstone, we went to see Victoria Falls. It was pretty, but had a low water flow because it is the dry season. As a result, I didn't find it nearly as impressive as Iguassu Falls in Brazil, although I'm told that in a few months Vic Falls will look very different. <br><br>This ...

... airport attendant who ushered us (and 6-8 other people) through all of the various steps.<br><br>Just to quell expectations &#8211; Victoria Falls is an amazing natural phenomenon, BUT only during certain parts of the year. And, October is not one of them. It is actually at about its driest point this time of year. In fact, the falls are at less than 5% of what they would be at their peak! We looked everywhere &#8211; that&#8217;s ...

... left and it had been a pretty bad view, so they headed down the center path and we decided to head off to the right following a big baboon with a red bum. Lance was with us as well and as we followed the baboon we discovered a much more interesting part of the Falls. <br><br>We were on the side where the water normally flows freely over the edge, but as it was dry it was also okay to walk along the black rocks. We hopped from ...

... Sandpiste (was doch zumindest den 4x4 rechtfertigt, den wir gemietet haben). Das Camp ist auf einer Insel angelegt. Auf der einen Seite hat es Sumpf auf der anderen Seite den Fluss. In der Nacht vor unserer Ankunft war eine Elefantenherde mitten im Camp und ein Leopard spazierte hindurch. Hier scheint dies niemanden wirklich zu beeindrucken (ausser uns!).<br><br>Momentan befinden wir uns in Livingstone, Sambia. Weiter wird die Reise nach Kasane in Botsuana gehen.

... dirt roads, piles of trash dirt and rocks on the side of the road, and the road is lined with shacks. This is how we knew she had been in Ghana too long)<br>Carried 4 money belts at all times, occasionally 5, and always had money hidden in her shoe "just in case"<br><br>Emma<br>Recent Law School Graduate from England<br>Loved to talk about food<br>More cheese, the better<br><br>Paul<br>Emma's boyfriend<br>Cub scout Leader<br>King of Campfire Songs<br>Drinking Game Master<br>Dish ...

I know I am a bit late posting this - it took me a while to get it all down, then have time at the internet cafe to enter it. This is my last Friday in Livingstone.<br><br>Woke this morning with mixed feelings - excited for the activities of the day, but sad this is the last day I would be with my students. Along with pencils and exercise books (smaller versions of our blue books) with their names written on them, another volunteer also brought other school supplies to donate. She heard ...

... 300 kw a copy. Now I need to figure out how many pages it will take to do all the letters and numbers, and on what paper. Man, I really wish they had Big Chief Tablets here! I'll do more investigating tomorrow.<br><br>In the afternoon I was in a group helping build another school. We had to move ten wheelbarrows full (one at a time) of sand and ten of rocks. They were putting forms on top of the walls and will make cement ...

... in town so we headed their for lunch. Martin and Sarah ordering the mega which was like the biggest pizza I have ever seen and had to be bought out on 4 separate plates. Hahaaaa no they didn't finish it but Mike, who went the day after, ordered the same and did! The man's a machine. There are a few t-shirt printing places around town so Jamie and Lindsay worked out a design and we had a tour shirt made up with map of Africa and some of the truck sayings. Turned out really ...