Rite Inn Livingstone

... Lusaka 3 days ago and had to buy 5 liters of petrol for $10 US. Only 2 petrol stations have have fuel here in Livingstone. I stopped at one to fill up and buy fuel in a container but “no fuel”. There were 2 military police there with there AK 47,s. 1 man and a woman. I asked if i could take there pictures, they were not happy. 30 minutes later after telling them what i was doing they were my best mates. The army woman with her AK wanted to ...

... however they were going to the Zimababwe side of Vic Falls...............i thought about it for a few seconds then thought .....yeah ......why not ........Zimbabwe!
The joys of being Flexible ( and completely unorganized)

I travelled in 3 countries that day , Namibia, Botswana (for 30 mins) and Zimbabwe..........i also say Zambia across the valley ................that qualifies as seeing 4 countries in one day!

So here i am sweating my ass off ...in a pretty sweet ...

... pride of lions x2 – 24 lions in total – the second pride we saw the cubs were finishing off a water buffalo kill, water buffalo, baboons.

Came back to camp after 10am to have a late breakfast and sit around until the evening game drive at 4pm.

The night drive (the 2nd half of this evening’s drive) offers the chance to spot an elusive leopard – my last Big 5 animal. On the drive we spotted similar animals as in the morning even ...

... and a man wrote their identity numbers and weights on their arms. We were a little nervous that the bungee cord would snap because we lied about our weight but decided to take our chances. After paying for the jump, we walked across the bridge to the jumping site. Several men tried to sell us the river god good luck charm, the nyaminyami, and told us we would need it to survive the jump. Our hearts were racing and we started getting really nervous. Instead of ...

... undertaken, and headed to South Luangwa National Park. Most went on the game drives to view lions, elephants, giraffes and zebra. The campsite was located on a river in which we could view hippos and elephants whilst lounging around the pool or bar. Late one night we had two elephants wander into the camp to feed on the trees, as we watched them from behind buildings and tents – pretty cool!

... Religion’s bigger here, too, complete with gospel music. Go figure. After a few nights I switch rooms to a place with wi-fi, but it’s not very good, just better than nothing. They’ve got four identical cats, though, big ol’ fat boys, so I adopt them all, and sleep with them, too. The night air is chilly. All the hawkers are trying to unload now-defunct one-hundred-trillion-dollar Zimbabwe banknotes, achieving for them in death ...

... must be crazy who tries to throw the coke bottle off the end of the earth. So about 5 of them… male and female led us through, what appeared to me as dry, sandy arid desert. But an hour later we were eating food, drinking water, applying arthritis ointment and starting a fire from nothing! They were very v ery humbling people as they chatted away in their clicks and clucks!

We then spent by far thye most coldest night of the trip in our tents that ...

Was not able to blog yesterday, as it was a very busy day. We started out projects. In the morning I am teaching. The school is called Malota Community School, and I am helping with first grade. This school is in the poorest ward in Livingstone. The area around the school has lots of mud huts and lots of people. Many of the children in class did not not have pencils. The teacher sent a child to buy a few pencils, but they were not ...

... ranging in age from 15 to 25 teaching them vocational skills and offering therapy free of charge. The girls have been helping in their English class, learning how to make bags in tailoring class and learning how make nshima in catering. Nshima is pronounced shima as the n is silent and it is the traditional dish in Zambia made from cornmeal. If a Zambian hasn’t had nshima with their meal, they do not think they have truly eaten. We ...

... other. They are like large house cats. We get so close to them so took plenty of photos!

We're only walking with the lions for an hour, and we then get a full cooked breakfast back at the lodge and then head back to our camp just after 10am. Dan has done a sky dive and it's really funny to hear about his morning. I'm knackered due to the late night antics of the Intrepid overlanders camping next to us so head ...