Tuskers Hotel Kabwe

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 ...

As promised - more photos from the first part of my trip.

Not much else to say really. Went on a microlight flight this morning over Victoria Falls and it was brilliant. Saw a herd of elephants from above as well as hippos and crocs. I even got to fly the microlight for a couple of mins, turning left and right while the pilot controlled the throttle.

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Microlight flight over Victoria falls tomorrow and then thursday morning I leave with my new group - my current group heads to Capetown whilst 6 of us head to Jo'Burg. Its a very small group with only 6 which means easier washing up and many lockers to share etc. New guides seem really cool so really looking forward to this last leg.

More stories tomorrow...

I've all given up hope attempting to get some pictures uploaded from Africa. The connections are always so slow and simply checking my email has become a labouring test of patience.

Travelling so far has consisted of several days in malawi where we basically spent all the time on the beach of Lake Malawi, swimming, sunbathing and attempting to swim hundreds of metres out to some islands.

Was during this time that my camera screen decided to stop ...

randomiest nigth last night
seriously with hardly any sleep and meeting the president of Zambia! woken up at half 10 last night as the president wanted to mee the campers at our campsite!! random or what theres so many overland companies and u seem them on the way through africa and we have seen many overland companies on the way !! we had a long drive day to Lusaka, we went over ...

... the airport to the bus station where our car was immediately swarmed by thousands of men trying to get us to take their bus company, or marry them. We were very overwhelmed and decided to divide and conquer the bus station. We searched around for the bus that was leaving from the bus station the earliest and found one for a good price leaving in a half hour. Or so they told us so we would buy the ticket.

We were on the bus for about an hour ...

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 ...

... always a few notches short of the truth. So when, in August 2008, I was given the chance to visit one during my time volunteering in Zambia’s Linda compound near Lusaka, I found myself eager to investigate the myth and see for myself whether the Cartoons’ lyrics rang true.

A group of us had been meaning to go for a few weeks, ever since we chanced upon the sign outside her modest home. It seemed to me to be an opportunity that I simply had to take up, given that back ...

... just took a bus into Kabwe. When I say bus I mean a mini van with about 20 people in it. Its very intimate to say the least. This is where the chicken in a bag story comes in. I was sat next to this little girl when I noticed something moving next to her. She had a plastic bag with a chicken in it. This ...

... staying, which was a couple hours away. Well, what could I do, this was Africa, we could not wait for it and I had to trust this would all unfold accordingly. We spent the morning (it was about 6AM) at a fenced in shopping plaza whose gates were guarded with men with rifles. We had a western type breakfast and I proceeded to shop for bargains for a few things to get me through until my clothes arrived. I did not know IF they would or when ...