Category Archives: Zambia

Can’t believe my son missed out on…

Posted on June 26, 2013 by Pam

Bokdrol Spoek Competition. I’m working assiduously now on organizing pictures and putting them into photo books (I am, um, up to Zambia thus far), and, wanting to confirm my identification of a particular photo, I googled “image + impala poop.”  (Yes, … Continue reading →

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First Rain

Posted on October 27, 2012 by Pam

We’re seeing southern Africa towards the end of their six+ month long dry season.  “Dry season,” here, means no rain.  None at all.  For six months, in some years longer, not one drop of precipitation falls from the sky. The … Continue reading →

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Last backpost: The Long and Winding Road

Posted on October 14, 2012 by Pam

There are several amongst our family who don’t much care for small planes. And there are only two ways to get to and from South Luangwe National Park: take a small plane, or go overland to/from Malawi. We took a … Continue reading →

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This is Africa…

Posted on October 9, 2012 by Pam

… where communications, it turns out, is going to be uneven. We’ve had lots of adventures, taken hundreds of pictures (a handful of them very good), seen countless super cool animals (some of them right in our camp, within meters … Continue reading →

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Mfuwe schools

Posted on October 8, 2012 by Pam

Hey! WordPress ate all my text! Oy. Well.  We visited the local primary and secondary schools.  Very impressive, on the one hand, and daunting on the other.  The primary school has 1300 students… and eighteen teachers.  They operate in three … Continue reading →

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South Luangwa Conservation Society

Posted on October 8, 2012 by Pam

Another of the Project Luangwa sites we visited was the South Luangwa Conservation Society, a local non-profit focused on preventing poaching and raising community awareness of the benefits of conservation and tourism for development. It was a little jarring.  I’ve … Continue reading →

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Stoopidest Giraffe in South Luangwa NP

Posted on October 7, 2012 by Pam

We had a number of Memorable Moments on safari.  Stella wrote about the time we witnessed two lions taking down an enormous Cape buffalo, which took more than thirty minutes actually to die; and about the astonishing response of the … Continue reading →

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Art Safari at Tribal Textiles

Posted on October 6, 2012 by Pam

Today we took a break from the bush and tried our hands at traditional dyed textiles.  The basic steps are: First, an artist draws the design freehand (!) onto stretched cotton, using simple starch made of flour and water.  The … Continue reading →

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Stella on Safari

Posted on October 3, 2012 by Pam

This paragraph of Stella’s actually describes an amazing safari experience of a week ago: Yesterday I went on safari with Emma, Jonah, Mommy and Daddy. I saw many normal animals that people usually see on safaris, like elephants, giraffes, baboons … Continue reading →

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… and we’ve landed…

Posted on October 2, 2012 by Pam

… In Lusaka, where the jacaranda are in glorious bloom, the vistas are otherwise parched, and the wifi is tenuous.  I aspire to post pictures later today, but it may take a while.

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