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Background: The territory of Northern Rhodesia was administered by the South Africa Company from 1891 until it was taken over by the UK in 1923. During the 1920s and 1930s, advances in mining spurred development and immigration. The name was changed to Zambia upon independence in 1964. In the 1980s and 1990s, declining copper prices and a prolonged drought hurt the economy. Elections in 1991 brought an end to one-party rule, but the subsequent vote in 1996 saw blatant harassment of opposition parties. The election in 2001 was marked by administrative problems with three parties filing a legal petition challenging the election of ruling party candidate Levy MWANAWASA. The new president launched a far-reaching anti-corruption campaign in 2002, which resulted in the prosecution of former President Frederick CHILUBA and many of his supporters in late 2003. Opposition parties currently hold a majority of seats in the National Assembly.

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By El Kirby
December 6th 2006

Elly the elephant...rider

Africa » Zambia » Livingstone

Alisa and I on Mashumpi

Up at 3:30am (after setting my alarm too early for the elphant ride) I watched the sunrise and then Alisa and I set off for our elephant ride at 5:30! We were hoisted up onto mummy elephant Mashumpi and we set off into the forest. It was a really comfy ride and we were closely followed by her little baby elephant which was just a few months old- cuuute! The elephants smelled a bit especially afterwards when we were allowed to feed them!- talk about early morning breath! We trekked through the scrub and then crossed the river, some of the [View Full Entry]

By El Kirby
December 3rd 2006

Riding the Mighty Zambezi

Africa » Zambia » Livingstone

Yee Haa!

Hell on the water!! I'm sure you know that I'm not one for extreme adventure. So why on earth would I jump in a boat and ride the "best rapids in the world" today along with 6 other "TV and bottle of wine" type of girls!?! We rode 23 really crazy rapids over the course of 6 painful hours which were graded from 1-5 (The scale only actually goes up to a 6!) I CANNOT EXPLAIN HOW SCARED I WAS!! ...The boat capsized 4 times and we ended up hit by our paddles, bumped against rocks, trapped under the boat, and [View Full Entry]

By Isa in Africa
November 16th 2006

Walking with the lions and laughing with the kids / Zambia

Africa » Zambia » Livingstone

Lion walk near Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe

Hi everyone, Here are some pictures of the lion walk and some pictures of kids in Zambia in a few villages we visited. Enjoy! Isabelle [View Full Entry]

By le_flow
November 13th 2006

An autumn evening mugging

Africa » Zambia » Livingstone

Se Bra
A Zebra at the Munda Wanga park.

GENTLEMEN The sign on the door announced. Not that there was sign of any gentlemanly behaviour hitherto in the small toilet. On the contrary - the urine sprayed walls indicated of a squalid border police force. A squalid border police force that - led by their smirky police chief - had done a descent job delaying our entry by three hours. Accompanying us in our frustration was a Namibian truck driver, though delayed for a full 24 hours he was too seasoned to show any sign of frustration. In fact, he was so seasoned that he didn’t show any facial expressions [View Full Entry]

By James and Karen
November 1st 2006

To the Edge

Africa » Zambia » Livingstone

The Edge of the Falls

After a quiet night in at the hostel (what could we have done to top an elephant ride!) we woke on our last morning in Livingstone. For a final fling before we left we were going to Livingstone Island for breakfast. Livingstone Island is located at the centre of the Zambezi river, right on the edge of the gorge that the falls plummet into. We caught an early taxi to the Royal Livingstone hotel, which is right on the banks of the river, out of Livingstone town and close to the Falls themselves. This hotel has to be seen to be [View Full Entry]

By James and Karen
October 31st 2006

A close encounter of the elephant kind

Africa » Zambia » Livingstone

(Photos to come soon!) After such a close encounter with the King of the Jungle, Karen and I decided to keep the adrenaline pumping and started the day by doing our washing and banking and buying bus tickets for the trip to Lusaka. OK, so not the most exciting of mornings but this stuff still needs to be taken care of, even when you are traveling in exotic places like Africa. We had more interesting things planned for the afternoon though, and after lunch we were picked up from our hostel by Safari Par Excellence and taken on the short drive [View Full Entry]

By Chris Anto
October 29th 2006

Vic Falls and South Luangwa NP

Africa » Zambia » Livingstone

Goin' on safari... again!
SOUTH LUANGWA NP - ZAMBIA

So, from Lilongwe, we were heading into Zambia. More specifically, South Luangwa Nat. Park. This was supposed to take one day, but then again, this is Africa, and things never happen on time. We were lucky enough to make it across the border and into the first town (Chipata) by 7pm! We stayed in the worst guesthouse so far. No fan, ventilation, anything! But they did have mossie nets! So after a sleepless night, dying from the heat, we caught a minibus to Mfuwe, which is at the gate of the Park. The ride, which was supposed to take 3 hours, [View Full Entry]

By Heide and Jordan
October 29th 2006

Victoria Falls, Jollyboys and Fanta gorgeous

Africa » Zambia » Livingstone

Drum player at Victoria Falls

After making it back onto our bus after the Ngepi Camp we were much more relaxed and looking forward to experiencing Zambia. We knew that we were now about to enter the Africa we had been waiting for and we were right. During the 12 hour, sweltering hot bus ride we saw the landscape, temperature and way of life change before our very eyes. Nothing but small villages with mud huts for hours on end. No more stores to buy food, no more electricity and no more running water in the general way of life. I trusted that would be different [View Full Entry]

Victoria Falls - the water was sparse as we arrived at the end of the dry season.

Crossing the top of the Falls. About ten feet past the edge of the picture if the edge of the Falls.

By Mzungu
October 27th 2006

Zambia Victoria Falls

Africa » Zambia » Livingstone

Kev and the Victoria Falls Bridge

After one night in Johannesburg we flew into Livingstone. We were picked up at the airport and taken back to the Zambezi Sun which was to be our home for the next 3 days. We looked around the room briefly threw down our stuff and decided to get a look at the falls. It was just a 5 minute walk from our hotel and although it's the dry season we still thought they were awesome. By the time we got back to our room it was trashed. Apparently one of the housekeepers had left the balcony unlocked and the baboons decided [View Full Entry]

By erinoq
October 26th 2006

Spring Break!

Africa » Zambia » Livingstone

Literally at the top of the falls

So I'm finally getting around to finishing with the October escapades... Considering we were fully expecting to spend 9 hours at a gas station on the edge of a highway waiting for our bus to Zambia- the bunch of us going to Victoria Falls really lucked out. Three of the girls in our group were staying a night in the town we got dropped off in, so we were able to dump our stuff at their B&B and spend the afternoon checking email, relaxing and getting a nice big dinner before getting on a bus for 17 hours- which wasn't actually [View Full Entry]

The trickle of the Falls visible from Zambia

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