Zambia | Family Affairs and other matters

BLACK AND WHITE STRIPES OR WHITE AND BLACK STRIPES?

Wednesday, August 12, 2009

DID WE JUST GET ARRESTED?

Monday, August 10, 2009

The scary bit that I was referring to during our time in Lusaka was to do with the following incident:- During our drive around the city taking photos of my father’s old houses and my Grandfather’s grave and checking out all his old haunts, we drove past the main entrance of State House, where the [...]

"TURN LEFT AT THE SAUSAGE TREE"

Monday, August 10, 2009

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My children arrived home this morning. How lovely to have them back. They had a brilliant time and I am going to try very hard not to get into the competitive safari conversations about how many hippos we each saw and who saw leopard cubs…. I showed my children my pictures. They were not particularly [...]

SUNRISE IN THE LUANGWA VALLEY

Sunday, August 9, 2009

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This was the view from our bush hut that greeted us every morning at 5.30am:- The weary traveller returns. Tired. No sleep. Too much noise in the night. Elephants right outside our door at night. Hippos bellowing. Leopards coughing. Baboons chattering. Amazing. No words yet to describe our journey. Truly unbelievable.

THE LUSAKA CLUB

Tuesday, August 4, 2009

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We are now in Lusaka, Zambia. We arrived quite late last night after taking two flights and went straight out to “The Lusaka Club” for pepper steak. How much more BRILLIANT can my blog friends have been guiding us to the perfect venues. THANKS to Janelle and Tanvir for their recommendation for the best food [...]

NORMAN CARR

Friday, July 17, 2009

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Yesterday’s post was about a sick child. Possibly the smallest teeny weeniest most miniscule unit of life that one can write about – just a mother and her child story, inside a home. A small picture. Today I am going to write about a bigger picture. I’m going to write about Africa and my imminent [...]