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Livingstone journal: Getting exciting now...

2008-05-28T09:22:40Z

"believe me, nothing wakes you up faster than the deep groan of a male lion 25 meters from your tent."

a entry by Hammock from a trip to Livingstone, Zambia.

Hi there friends and family...

In London, UK on a beautiful, cloudy day in Southfields. Why London? To see an orthopaedic doc...Well, as I'm sure you've heard, had a bit of a mishap whilst in Malawi last week. In case you haven't heard, here's the abbreviated version: my kind, but narcoleptic pickup truck driver fell aseep at around 100 km/hr and failed to make the sharp left hander that we were approaching, we sailed down into a ditch...and when the dust settled I was alive (albiet a bruised, bloody mess). So, I have a small T12 vertebrae fracture, but all other injuries have healed ...

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Katete journal: Volunteering at Tikondane

2007-02-18T08:20:09Z

"We were woken each morning to the sound of 312 children"

a entry by Niamh and Cathal from a trip to Katete, Eastern.

Way back sometime last May, somewhere in Cambodia I was surfing the Lonely Planet Thorntree message board a came across mention of a place called Tikondane that accepted volunteers. I emailed them and asked if they wanted two Irish people to help out. I said that I normally worked in fundraising and Cathal was good at computers. Elke replied back and said come! We said we'd be there around the 10 Jan, 2007 which was very ambitious given we hadn't booked any tickets to Africa and we'd no idea where we'd be next month, let alone next year. Still it's nice to have a goal.

In the ...

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Livingstone journal: Welcome to Zambia! (and Zimbabwe)

2007-01-26T08:42:51Z

a entry by AK Andy from a trip to Livingstone, Zambia.

Africa is such a beautiful, amazing place. It is definitely worth the effort to get here. We left New York on an evening flight to Frankfurt (6-7 hours), had a 10 hour layover there, and then another 10 1/2 hour flight to Johannesburg. We decided to stay there overnight in an attempt to catch up on sleep - a plan that backfired! We were able to take lovely naps in the afternoon but when night came we were completely sleepless due to the time change. It was pretty annoying not to be able to sleep when we are so tired. The next morning we flew to Livingstone, Zambia, about 2 hours away.

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Livingstone journal: Back in the land of the Livingstone

2007-02-12T12:31:20Z

"It was crazy being on the edge of the falls though, such a rush"

a entry by Niamh and Cathal from a trip to Livingstone, Zambia.

We were back in Livingstone at last. So we settled back into the hotel and generally lazed about. We went to the falls a few more times, seeing it at various stages of flood. The water was really brown now and it was a very wet experience. In fact, one day as we made our way past the David Livingstone statue we passed a group of Japanese tourists, who'd clearly just arrived and hadn't seen the falls yet. They looked in horror at our drenched bedraggled state. The guide asked - "is it very wet?" "Yes" we cheerfully answered and the whole group looked very worried. Wonder if they braved ...

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Mongu journal: Off-road to Mongu

2007-02-12T12:13:44Z

"Well, really officer, I had no idea."

a entry by Niamh and Cathal from a trip to Mongu, Western.

We left Livingstone on the 27th, in our shiny new rented Landcruiser. The road was perfectly fine for the first couple of hours, until we reached Sesheke, near where Niamh and I had crossed over from Namibia. All of a sudden the road disappeared into a dusty track. Not to worry, this was why we’d hired a 4x4. Indeed the going wasn’t that bad at all for the first little while. But we had to drive 200km on this muddy track and the puddles grew and grew until there were small ponds covering the road from one side to the other. Despite the depth of some of these, the Landcruiser barely paused ...

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Lusaka journal: 3 Days on the Train/3 Dni w pociagu

2006-09-08T17:43:34Z

a entry by Paulina&Patryk from a trip to Lusaka, Zambia.

Jedziemy do Lusaka (stolicy Zambii - 6h za 50 tys. Kwacha). Niestety nie udaje nam sie zlapac autobusu do Dar es Salaam tego samego dnia. Na "szczescie" spotykamy znajoma pare australijczykow Cristi i Sam'a- proponuja nam wspolna podroz w wagonie pierwszej klasy w pociagu Tazara (180 tys. kw/os.). Pociag odjezdza ze stacji New Kapiri Mposchi (z Lusaka 3h- 35 tys. kw/os.). Jak to bywa w Afryce pociag zamiast o 16:00 odjezdza o 21:30. Co wiecej po drodze zaliczamy awarie silnika wiec podroz przeciaga sie do 50h. Trudy podrozy umila nam zambinskie i tanzanskie piwo i towarzystwo dwojki przemilych ...

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Livingstone journal: Zambia: Days 18-24

2006-12-08T08:19:34Z

"Victoria Falls: 7kms wide of rushing water."

a entry by World Is My Oyster from a trip to Livingstone, Zambia.

Livingston, Victoria Falls

The border for Zambia and Botswana is the Zambezi river, which is where 4 countries meet: Namibia, Angola, Zambia, and Botswana. We crossed between Botswana and Zambia via a border ferry, a small truck/car ferry. The people walk on, without the truck and go through customs at the other side. They really need a bridge, it's a very short distance.

Our first stop was Victoria Falls National Park where we got to see one side of the falls, as it is 7 kms wide. From the Zambia side you can see about 3 kms of the fall; while the best view is said to be from ...

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Livingstone journal: Victoria Falls

2006-10-24T04:40:14Z

a entry by lysee from a trip to Livingstone, Zambia.

This was a suprising highlight of all my travels. I am going to start with the negatives. It is very touristy and expensive. They charge in USD most places so we get screwed. But the positives much outweigh. The view is jaw-dropping. It is easy to see why this is a wonder. Have a drink at the Royal Livingstone hotel where you can see the hippos and crocodiles at play while you are enjoying the most amazing sunsets ever. The people are so nice and I never felt in danger. It was an eye-opener for me as I was initially nervous traveling there alone. I loved it and would recomend Zambia ...

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Zambia journal: Zambia - Victoria Falls

2006-03-09T23:35:30Z

"Sit back and enjoy the journey, the Lord is in control!"

a entry by Becs and Chris from a trip to Zambia.

"Sit back and enjoy the journey, the Lord is in control", announced the Master of Ceremonies on our 4.30am bus to Lusaka, Zambia. This was after a fairly lengthy sermon and prayer, and an invitation to say hello to and get to know our neighbour - luckily just Chris in my case and after 4mths on the road I already know about as much about him as I can, including some things I'd rather not.

The Lord is obviously a pretty good driver because we got to Lusaka in good time and with no incidents save a frantic search for earplugs to sleep through the religious movie ('40 days in the desert') ...

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