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by The Beave · Published March 11, 2016 · Last modified November 19, 2016
March 11 Visit Victoria Falls Zimbabwe. It is an interesting town for the fact that there are warthogs running through the street like stray dogs. There are elephants that come to town in the night to eat because the watered grass is better in town. That is pretty cool… The sun came out so I went to Visit Victoria Falls Zimbabwe. It was $30 to get in which is $10 more than the Zambian side and it is decidedly the...
by The Beave · Published March 10, 2016 · Last modified November 19, 2016
March 10 Visit Victoria Falls Zambia. It was one of my main reasons for travelling through Zambia southbound. I have traveled a lot of miles to get here. So, that today turned out to be such a m@therf*ker of a day is pretty disappointing. I do not like to swear in this blog because I think it is tasteless to write with swear words, but I can not think of another word that I want to describe the day as...
Livingstone: Zambian Tina Turner. March 9. Zambia is a country full of really nice people. Avoid Lusaka, the capital, if you can though. The other towns and the people I have met on the road have made for a really good experience. Livingstone is great. It is a safe city where you can walk anywhere, even at night, even as a foreigner. They try to keep it safe here so that the reputation stays...
Livingstone: Advanced Zambia. March 8 Today was a maintenance day. I spent too much of it working on geek things, but I need to do those things too. When I left the hotel, it was for supplies to keep me alive in my hotel cave. It is National Women’s Day and a business holiday. There were many women out in the town today wearing similar dresses. The colors everywhere were great. I have realized how developed and Advanced Zambia is...
Kazungala: A Town Tied to Four Countries March 7. My wonderful mother turns 70 today. I have a phone call to make tonight! So, there is a big difference between beer that is 5% alcohol and beer that is 4.2% alcohol. I had no idea that a small 0.8% could make such a big difference, but the difference is between getting smashed and being hungover or having fun and waking up feeling good. I have been consuming crazy amounts of...
Livingstone: Sweet Beautiful. March 6 Life. Mine. The zoo. The chaos. I really meant to take a day off today to work on about eight major things that need to be addressed. It was my full intention. Nope. It was not meant to be. I met up with Emmanuel for lunch. I have been in a backpacker hostel around white people so I have wanted white things. It is amazing how that works. I never crave a hamburger when I...
Hitchhiking Zambia: Kariba Dam to Livingstone. March 5 I decided that I wanted to escape from my 19 year old lady-friend so I packed my goods and checked out of my fantastic guesthouse. Girls who spend all of their time on their telephone when you are hanging out drive me nuts. It is probably her thoughtless and careless youth. Oh well, life carries on. I wanted to hitchhike out of Siavonga. Hitchhiking Zambia is a breeze. A car came and...
Siavonga: Maize Beer Challenge. March 4 I am very powerful in this wonderful little town of Siavonga. It is a wonderful place to me so far. My friend left at 09:00. I showered and went to collect some breakfast. The locals could not be friendlier and there are three very beautiful girls here eating out of the palm of my hand. However, I have started something with one of them, so I will stay away from the other two to...
Siavonga: Gifts I Seemed to Need From a Lake Kariba Village. March 3 I had some backpack mechanics to deal with this morning. The clip for the waist belt on the bottom of the 9.5 year old $14 North Face knock-off Chinese backpack broke on me. Three nights ago, when it was dark on the bus through Tanzania, I took my jackknife and I cut fabric of a seatbelt that no one ever uses to take the clips. It was...
Lusaka: The Lusaka National Museum. March 2 I got moving sometime in the early afternoon. I wanted the sleep, but not at a cost of giving up a day. I wanted some education and history on Zambia so I walked about 200 meters from my guesthouse to the Lusaka National Museum. It turned out that the museum was actually fantastic. Go and spend the 25 Zambian Kwacha ($2.50). If you are in Lusaka, go to the National Museum. You will...
Tanzania 2015/16 / Zambia 2016
by The Beave · Published March 1, 2016 · Last modified November 23, 2016
Mbeya to Lusaka: Bus Boy. March 1 I wanted to get on the move from Tanzania to Zambia, so I got going at about 08:00. The hot water shower I was promised lasted for about 90 seconds. Well, that will help save water from shower abuser like myself… 😡 I went downstairs in the hotel for the free breakfast of chapati (African pancake things) at the hotel and then packed my bags. The guy who checked me into the hotel last...
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