Off to Zambia - Vic Falls… A 3-day stop in Zambia to see Victoria Falls one of the 7 Natural Wonders of the World. And that it was, beautiful, absolutely beautiful! I stayed at the Zambezi Sun that was right next to the park. The greatest reason for staying here is the wildlife that wanders the grounds and the fact that you can walk right into the park as often as you'd like. Right outside my window there were zebra and velvet monkeys EVERYWHERE. You wanted to reach out and touch them but of course you couldn’t. Also crossed over to [View Full Entry]

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So we are now in Livingstone, so-called after David the Scottish guy. There's a statue of him and everything. We went to Victoria Falls yesterday which was amazing - it's one of the 7 natural wonders of the world, apparently (I'm so going to win pub quizzes and trivial pursuit when I get back). You get soaked when walking across a bridge so Ross and I donned our "emergency ponchos" which made us look like demented American tourists. We didn't get wet though, so it didn't matter. I don't think I can really describe the Falls here - when I finally [View Full Entry]

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The Zambezi and the glorious Victoria Falls are just breath-taking. The Falls themselves are the largest curtain of water in the world and words don't describe just how beautiful they are. The whole area is magical. Everything is so green and lush. Butterflies are in an abundance and it feels altogether other-wordly. Think Rivendell! Getting here was easy enough. We took the bus from Lusaka to Livingstone. I was very pleased we had organised bus tickets the day before. The bus station was heaving and we certainly would not have got a seat without our advance booking. Journey time was around [View Full Entry]

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Fri 7th march - set off at 7am - a few sore heads around! Stopped in Malawi's capital Lilongwe for supermarket and a Nando's lunch! After a bit of a wait at the border we crossed into Zambia. Instantly the surroundings became visibly wealthier - nice cars and shops etc. A big change from Malawi - the poorest country in Africa. Stopped to get some 'Kwacha' from the ATM. Long drive today - over 600km on very bad roads. Eventually arrived at 'Mama Rulas' campsite, set in lovely gardens. Most of us were in bed for 9pm after curry dinner! Alarm [View Full Entry]

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Hello!!!! Sorry it has been ages since my last blog. I have not had internet or phone reception for over a week. I am now in Livingstone, Zambia and have lots to catch up on....Where to start.... Zanzibar! What an amazing island!!! it was one of the most beautiful places ive seen. It really does not look real in the sense that its ridiculously beautiful!!! We had four days there where we pretty much just lazed around on the beach, ate, sunbaked, ate some more, drank, swam, snorkled and on our last night we did a sunset cruise which was really [View Full Entry]

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Arriving in Africa Zambia border crossing We arranged our African adventure with the adventure travel company 2Africa. A transfer had been arranged from Livingstone, Zambia to Chobe Safari Lodge in Botswana. Unfortunately, no one was there to meet us at the small airport in Livingstone. After talking this over with a couple of taxi drivers, the consensus was that we needed to hire a taxi to take us to the border crossing at the Kasane ferry. We would enter Botswana and find transprotation to Chobe there. Hopefully. OK. Sounds like a plan. Our driver was a women. None of the men [View Full Entry]

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Stopping briefly (45 minutes) at Victoria Falls (just writing that sounds ridiculous - I have no idea why people designing these trips think that 45 minutes is enough time to appreciate one of the world's natural wonders) was a bad start to a worse five days spent in Zambia. While I am certain that Zambia is a lovely country with a lot going for it, my lasting memories will be of one thing - rain, rain and more rain! Upon arrival at our campsite we stared out the windows of the overland truck at the muddy lake where we were supposed [View Full Entry]

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i'm writing this eating a loaf of bread from the market as my breakfast in true backpacker style, just ripping off chunks. so i need to fill everyone in about what i did for christmas. you've seen a few of teh pictures, it was definitely not a traditional one! the friday before christmas kennedy and i got transport to mukuni village - that's the "main" village around livingstone - it's where the chief stays, cheif mukuni, and it has a few small stores, some bars, basically where other villages go to get staples like mealie meal (used to make nshima), oil, [View Full Entry]

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okay, finally posted some new pics....it's taken me two hours to upload these so the stories will have to wait for another day, but at least you have proof that i'm alive :) hope everyone had a merry christmas, enjoy new years and be safe [View Full Entry]

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just wanted to let everyone know that i'm still alive in livingstone, i know i haven't written in ages... it's now the rainy season, which means lots of bottomless puddles to avoid and loads of delicious mangoes - i usually pick one each morning for my breakfast, i'm getting quite adept at peeling with my teeth. so i don't have time to write loads, i'm meeting a friend in town soon...but a few highlights... my birthday - bbq at a friends place with my roommates and friends (nshima and chicken), lots of dancing, good music, buckets of water being poured on [View Full Entry]

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