Zambia travel stories

Days 22 - 26. Sat 8th - Wed 12th May Lilongwe.

On Saturday we are up at five to pack the camp up. We stop off at the gate house to say farewell to Lester and Gracious, and then head off north, calling in at Lengwe National Park on the way to ch...

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Days 17-18. Mon 3rd - Tues 4th May Lilongwe

Monday is a day of rest, although I am up with the sun out of habit. It is a holiday and the kids have no school so while Picaninny takes charge of the pile of laundry the rest of us drive into tow...

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Day 16. Sun 2nd May Lusaka to Lilongwe

Up at 5:30, I dig out a couple of emergency Fruesli bars for breakfast, and we are on the road by 6:15. We stop at Chongwe to fill up with diesel. After that there are very few towns and we just dr...

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Day 15. Sat 1st May The Barn Motel

I wake at 6:30 out of habit and hear the Land Rover driving the others off to the airport, so I decide to get up. There is no shower in my room, only a bath, and I am desparately short of clean clo...

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Day 14. Fri 30th April Return to Lusaka

Up at five, we have the camp struck within the hour and head off for the ferry, just 10 miles up the road. Ken has had the forethought to phone ahead to check that the ferry is running, and althoug...

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