Blogs from Livingstone, Zambia, Africa - page 12

Hola! El ultimo dia en Capetown hicimos la excursion al Cabo de Buena esperanza! el punto mas al sur oeste de Africa! Luego volamos hacia Zambia desde donde escribo! Por aqui es todo muy raro nunca habia visto tanto negrito junto las mujeres llevan los bebes atados a la espalda con un pareo y cuando vas en coche los ninyos corren al lado pidiendo botellas vacias y caramelos... en la ciudad todos nos miran como bichos raros porque somos los unicos turistas por la zona pero en el campo todos saludan y ofrecen su mejor sonrisa. Ayer hicimos 12km de rafting por el rio Zambeze y por la tarde un crucero relax con cena por el rio para ver cocodrilos y hipopotamos en el zoo mas grande del mundo! Esta manyana hicimos la excursion pirata por ... read more

We have been told by enough people now that the Zimbabwean side is where it is at. Especially in the dry season as less water is coming over the falls and certain portions have no water coming over. It is a bit early but I paid for a 24 hour internet connection and I am not sure when I will be able to post again, both from a time and connection standpoint. In 3 hours we will be off to the airport, flying SAA to Livingstone, Zambia and then crossing the border to Zimbabwe. We made it to OR Tambo without a hitch, this time attempting the southerly route to the N3, but making a left turn onto M85 rather than continuing into Alexandra. We did so well we were quite early and did a little ... read more

Hi again. I just got back from a trip to Livingstone, which is Zambia's tourism capitol as it is very close to Victoria Falls. Victoria Falls lie right on the border of Zambia and Zimbabwe and are one of the world greatest waterfalls. It was an intense couple of days, but sooo much fun! Last weekend the EduSport peer leader from Kalingalinga held a two-day workshop in neighboring Mtere. They do this every now and then, as it is part of building up a bigger alliance of peer leaders and including larger areas of Lusaka. The workshop lasted from about 8am to 3pm both Saturday and Sunday and included several topics, such as promoting EduSport and its projects, including "Kicking Aids Out!" and "Go Sisters". It was a very interesting workshop to attend and the peers ... read more

An amazing cultural day visiting Livingstone and Mukuni village. We were bussed from our hotel to Mukuni Village, a nearby African community of the Leya Tribe. There we were treated to a guided walkabout, and learned all about their culture and life in the village. Unfortunately foot and mouth destroyed most of their cattle a few years ago. Such a disaster is as devastating to a family as a total loss on the stock market. Cattle mean wealth in this tribe, as in many places in Botswana. Fortunately the village did receive an international grant to buy more cattle, but these belong to the entire tribe and not the individual families. Our guide John explained that it is very hard for a Leya man to get married because there is always a bride price of so ... read more

Bye Bye Botswana Today we traveled from Kasane, Botswana to Livingstone, Zambia across the Zambezi River. We had spent 8 days with wild animals and now we witnessed human commerce at its most competitive. There is no bridge across the Zambezi river but still lots of trade - many trucks waiting their turn for the one-truck ferry, several fast boats for walk-on transfers and some suspicious mocoro dug-outs. One group of dug-outs arrived from down stream and very quickly loaded gasoline, televison sets and other cardboard boxes, then immediately took off paddling fast downstream without any passengers - something looked not quite legal about their behaviour. Our transportation across the Zambezi was a 6 passenger aluminum speed boat complete with life jackets which we were told to put on. On the Zambia side we were greeted ... read more