Category: Travel
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Traveling to Malawi!
Lake Malawi: The Adventure Begins We left Lusaka at 6:30, tucked into the back of a Toyota truck, hiding from the wind whipping by as we sped along the highway. We were on our way to the “hitching spot,” a lay-by area where we’d be able to pick up the transport that would take us…
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Before I left the states
Coming up on my birthday (just 4 days and it’ll be my second birthday in Zambia!!) I’m reminded of my last few weeks stateside before I left for this magnificent journey! Before I left the US I encouraged and pushed my mother to record and put together all of her original songs for me, so…
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From Kaingo to Livingstone, a brief summary
We packed up and with light hearts had our last breakfast at Kaingo. It had been a truly special, and spectacular experience. Without a doubt one of the most beautiful and stunning series of days, in terms of natural beauty and connecting with the “wild” Africa, in my service so far. What’s more is that…
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Understanding ones priorities
Well darn, that title right there is one heck of a tall order. I suppose y’all are strapped in for quite the ride with me tonight. I’m taking a little break from the trip updates to write you this little piece of musing on priorities. I’ve written on motivation a couple of times now but…
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Hippo
I hope I explained some of the background regarding our Safari at Kaingo in my last post, so I won’t re-hash too much of it. I’d rather spend this post talking about a specific three day incident that we encountered and then followed while staying at Kaingo. It’s a bit gruesome animal wise, so be…
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Kaingo Day 1
In my last post I had a chance to introduce you to Kaingo and South Luangwa, but I didn’t really get a chance to describe our experiences and the Safari. Our arrival at Kaingo was like a dream of excitement, and comfort. We were escorted din by the owner/operator, met by the friendly staff…
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Ntumbatuschi and Northern Luapula province
As morning dawned we settled into the car, girded ourselves for one hell of a ride, and started out on the bush path that would take us to the main road. We high centered a few times, scraped here and there, and finally burst out of the bush on clean and clear tarmac. Now I’ll…
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Samfya
Samfya! All packed up, we said goodbye to Chisunka, piled into the car and headed south. We were on the road to Lake Bengweulu, Samfya district. Samfya is something special – it’s a gorgeous lake smack dab in the southen part of Luapula. It spans two provinces and is just big enough that you can’t…
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Flipping the ‘On’ switch
I know this one will resonate with a few folks. I’m writing today about that curious dulling sensation, that trance of auto-control and routine that blurs out details and subdues our senses in a cloud of numbness. I am of course talking about that feeling of sluggish response when you realize that your whole being…
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I know I’ve written about this before…but
I know I’ve written about this before, But Africa is gorgeous. My oh my, it is simply spectacular. Today was one of those rare days where just an hour before sunset, the moon started to rise. Clear, bright, radiant and gleaming above the horizon. It climbed lazily into the sky as the sun was setting.…