Lusaka Lodge

... and a place to have an office if you want to do business in the country. I landed in a rainy and fairly temperate 23deg C Lusaka. While organising my local sim at the MTN counter I met a fellow South African who seems to travel more than me.  Serema ...

We left Jolly Boys Backpackers in Livingstone and bought a bus ticket to the capital Lusaka. After a 7hr journey on a non air conditioned bus we finally made it, only to find that on a Saturday its very hard to find accomodation. We ended up staying at a ...

... the time we had finished it was dark and we still had about 15km to drive to the camp site at the Pioneer Lodge just outside Lusaka. Driving on the busy Lusaka roads in the dark without streetlights was entertaining - not sure what the collision rate is ...

... morning we were settling in to the second of two days at bridge camp, 3km down a dust track from the oad betweeen Chipata and Lusaka. We were breaking the journey and had spent the morning on a canoe trip up the river. We had just ordered luch and were ...

... 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 ...

Having left behind Mario in Livingstone, I decided to experience overland travel by public transportation from Livingstone to Lusaka, capital of Zambia.  The ticket cost me about 18 USD, and I was informed of the timetable or duration of the trip - 7 ...

... an unusual Travel Day between Festival sites.  The distance from Malawi's capital Lilongwe (population one million) to Zambia's capital Lusaka (population two million) is 45 minutes by air.  We've flown this route several times in the ...

... bizarre this could be when on Monday morning I would go back to working at the compounds. Despite the influence of Christianity in Lusaka there are also large groups of Indians, Arabs and Jews, making for a mix of mosques sounding the call for ...

... not a horror.....someone did not have a very good sleep that night. Early the next day we hopped on a bus to the capital, Lusaka. For half an hour we prayed and were praised by the lord and then the hymns were put on for the remainder of the seven ...

... continued on minus one window. I didn't mind; I was just happy I could feel my lower extremities for a change. Once in Lusaka, things got much easier. I found a functioning ATM and a hotel room within minutes after arrival. My plan was to head to ...

... been done before.    So after a few months of committee meetings and decision making, myself and two other women flew into Lusaka and were met by our local friends who helped up to set up the charity while we were not in Zambia. The charity ...

... want to spend some time with the family in Namibia and South Africa, before flying back to the UK. We made it all the way to Lusaka in one long day of driving. Bruce did most of the driving, while I kept him awake with my 'pop idol' practice sessions in ...

... anti-social, I had no idea she knew that many people, but the patio quickly fills with guests from a cross-section of Lusaka society.  Three people even crashed the party because they heard the music from the street and had heard that a Mutende ...

... a massive crocodile sunning himself on the bank also to our right - not bad for a Wednesday morning. Since coming back to Lusaka I have occupied my time with painting, playing guitar (I have an awesome guitar teacher who is teaching me African style ...

... this is Africa and I suppose we learnt the hard way. Anyway, after pulling ourselves together we left Livingston and headed out towards Lusaka on what one would've expected to be a main and good road, but the first 80k's were the worst potholes we ...

... ; In the morning we would wake up and go for a long walk around the hilly town and watch it slowly waking up. We got back to Lusaka on Friday afternoon in time for a night out on the town.  It turned out to be a bit of a disappointment and wasn't ...

... minutes' walk away and probably couldn't be seen either so we passed on that visit.   We walked back to the lodge comparing animal contact stories. The van Belkums love to visit game parks and regularly camp out in Kruger of other parks where ...

... scratching imaginary insects, and dreaming of showers and rooms ahead!! Highlights: Blueberry cheese cake at Rhapsody's in Arcade Mall, Lusaka, Zambia; The smooth pavement (finally) as we entered Lusaka after riding on what amounted to kms of pebbles ...