(Special Note: Happy Birthday Andrew!) Ever since I met Squiffy, she has yapped on about her amazing experience rafting the Mighty Zambezi river back in November 2000 with her previous boyfriend. At this time of year, the water-level is a lot higher than in November which means two things: 1) Of the 25 rapids, it […]

On our travels through Zambia, we’ve met several people from Zimbabwe. One was in exile, fearing for his life as he’d been accused of ‘committing journalism’, others are here to find food which is very hard to come by in Zimbabwe. Even if supplies are available, the economy in in such a state that any […]

Rather than throw ourselves off the bungie bridge to get a good view of the falls, we took to the air in microlights. Squiffy was cool-as-a-cucumber before the flight and I was somewhat cacking myself (as is customary for me prior to undertaking an unnatural activity). Hilariously, once in the air, I relaxed into the […]

Livingstone is Zambia’s premier tourist town due in no small part to the mighty Zambezi river spilling over a hundred metres to form the majestic Victoria Falls. Getting here has left us with sore bottoms as the roads are often terrible in this part of the country — albeit not as terrible as our journey […]

Some people berate us, “You’re so lucky to be on such a long holiday.” Which gets a little bit up my nose and I immediately retort, “It’s not a holiday, it’s a trip!” What do I mean by this? First, we change locations on average at least every three days. So one day in three […]

You may recall that whilst we were home between travels in May, I briefly worked with a charity in Hinckley called The U Foundation, which supports children and families in Zambia. Sarah and Jay, my bosses at the charity, know Zambia very well and have lots of friends here. We were fortunate enough that they […]

Up until now we’ve been travelling largely without any specific plans and without booking accommodation. This wasn’t really a problem until we got to Lilongwe, Malawi where many places were fully booked. The situation was worse in Lusaka. There are very few budget places and the ones we did manage to stay in rarely had […]

In the UK, our street adverts and billboards are mass-produced. In Africa, they are more commonly hand-painted. The artists are talented for sure, but every now and then we are fortunate enough to to see what the artist didn’t at the time — click the picture to enlarge it.

For nearly two months we’ve travelled Africa and we continue to adjust to how different things really are here. Upon arrival in Lusaka, it appeared that we had re-entered civilisation as we know it in the West. The roads are made from tarmac. The cars are modern. There are numerous shopping malls. A cinema and […]

To travel from Mfuwe, near South Luangwa National Park, to the Zambian capital of Lusaka meant spending another 4.5 hours at 15mph to get back to Chipata and then face another seven hours on a bus on road probably not that much better. Or we could just get a one hour flight, from Mfuwe to […]