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Final Day of Africa Heavy

Monday, August 1st, 2005

Before coming on this trip many a traveler had told us about Africa heavy vs. Africa light. Africa heavy is what they show on all the TV shows in America. Villages with no electricity, running water, and dirt roads are Africa heavy. Africa light is clean, relatively modern and paved roads.

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Lusaka, a Walk Down Memory Lane

Wednesday, July 27th, 2005

The Road to Lusaka

We arrived at the chaotic bus station in Livingstone to board our coach bus to Lusaka a half hour before departure as requested. After all the nightmare stories we heard about transportation in the third world, our trip to Lusaka went off like clockwork. The bus left only 15 minutes late. We made Lusaka a mere 7 hours later as promised. On the way we were treated to the countryside of Zambia out our window.

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Victoria Falls

Wednesday, July 27th, 2005
We made it. We skirted through the South African Airlines strike and landed in Zimbabwe on time. The moved through immigration and customs at an acceptable pace and found our name on a sign. THANK YOU! Originally, we were not ... [Continue reading this entry]