Lusaka Lodges - Reviews and Rates

June 14, 2005 Off to do volunteer work in Zambia with Hands At Work Africa with a team of 10. Ten people all of whom were strangers to each before the training started two months ago. I knew only one of them prior to that.
Although we left Canada late June 14 with the left of flights and the time change, we arrived early mornging June 16 in ...

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 attempt...

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...

A day in the capital before we took the train to Tanzania!

Our first safari was organized by some people at our school in Lusaka... all new teachers were invited, as it was a sort of induction weekend... the best induction in history! Treetops is an educational camp in the middle of the wild bush in Kafue National Park. There is no electricity except for energy created through a solar energy system inst...

Today started with an unexpected morning walk during satsang. A bunch of the TTC group were having their mantra initiation so those of us that didn't want to get one had to go for a walk. It was a beautiful morning. Instead of the long walk up the hill, we got to go the short way over the bridge. The view walking this way is much better in the m...

Today is a really good day because I know that I can stay on in India after the course and go to Goa. I was meant to leave the day after the course, but in hindsight now I can see that you really need at least a week to recover before heading back to the reality of whatever life you are living. I've really pushed myself in my asana classes today...

Part II: Zambia is one of the most thinly populated countries, there is a lot of wide-open spaces, even in Lusaka. It's so strange because you never feel like you are in a city, much less a capital. Apparently ownership of land is still determined by chiefs of tribes (outside of the cities). Every time I go to a cafÈ, a restaurant or an office a...

We received our Land Cruiser here, while staying with friends

The main road was a tarmac dual carriageway and Angela and I had walked down a muddy track to join it at the busy crossroads. Lanes of cars hooted and seemed to have little regard for traffic lights and speed limits. Compared to Tanzania there were so many cars - even Dar-es-Salaam wasn't this busy! We gingerly stepped out onto the road, trying ...