Blogs from Zambia, Africa - page 78

Yesterday I did a micro light over the falls which was absolutly amazing and today I walked with rinos. The internet here is very expencive and as I'm camping I don't normally have access. SO I will prob just update everything in 3 weeks when I reach capetown and put the pictures on then aswell. But if you want to know what I'm up to then check out- http://www.acacia-africa.com/OVERLAND_SWS19_25.htm I'm doing the 25 day one Love to all Tamsin... read more

on the way...getting there.... Well, we're leaving in 1.5 months. And there is so much to do. All this fundraising is a pain in the butt to organize, but it's fun to participate in and obviously nice getting some funds to help out with the trip payments. we have a couple of fundraisers coming up: 1) pub night at the springs pub in mission. josh martinez and the pissed off wild is playing. we're having door prizes, 50/50 tickets, raffles. one of the girls has a bunch of hook ups so she's arranged everything and apparently can sell all of the tickets. 2) a swing dance/silent auction on march 31 at the hatzic prairie hall. lots of dancing, snacks, door prizes, raffles, silent auctions. can buy alcohol. we also have a clothing drive coming up but ... read more

Nach unserem grandiosen Elefantenerlebnis im Chobe Park ging es fuer uns auch schon weiter in Richtung Zambia. Leider, leider konnten wir das schoene Botswanan nicht laenger geniessen, da wir mit "Sir Henry" fuer die dortigen Verhaeltnisse einfach das falsche Auto haben. Das weltberuehmte Okavango-Delta ist ohne einen 4x4 nicht zu machen. Traurig, aber unser Nissan ist leider kein hochstelziges Powerpaket... Nun, nachdem die Traenen darueber weggewischt waren (war gar nicht so schwierig, lagen doch die Victoria Faelle kurz vor unserer Nase...) fuhren wir zur Kazangula Ferry, dem border crossing. Hatte ich schon mal erwaehnt, dass der Zambesi Fluss momentan Hochwasser fuehrt? An der Grenze kurz vor der Faehre war das Spektakel gross. Viele LKWs, eine Menge Menschen und viel, viel Wasser. Und wir mit Sir Henry.... Nach einer kurzen Lagebesprechung mit ein paar netten Menschen fuhr ... read more

If you have lissen the song "Hotel California", from Eagles, you can understand how we felt in Lusaka: Last thing I remember, I was Running for the door I had to find the passage back To the place I was before 'Relax,' said the night man, We are programmed to receive. You can checkout any time you like, but you can never leave! After 28 days stuck in Zambia, trying to sell our car, yesterday another person become the happy owner of the famous Crasymobile!! Besides the agony of not being able to keep traveling without selling the car, the new friends make the time worth a while. After all, we where not the only ones stuck! We where 8 just in Chachacha. Follow the stories of each one: Vitoria; Scotland. She is working in a ... read more

From Sarah: Candice and I had our all time horrific spider saga! It was the worst yet, it took us 3 rounds before it finally succumbed! When we got to the house the second night, there was a gargantuan sized spider, and that was only half of it, was poking its legs out, just taunting us. NOT COOL. So, Todd, Candice and I all tried to DOOM it and kill it, unfortunately for Candice it escaped. So we were getting ready to go to the hospital worship, when it decided to reapper, in her closet. I tried to smash it with the shoe a couple of times, but it would have none of it. It would just poke its beady eyes out and some of the legs. We decided we didn't have time for the games ... read more