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Hanging On is Easy When They are Stopped - Zambia
Hanging On is Easy When They are Stopped
by Bwana_Brown
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When you go off road... Go off road
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  • By ecoquester on July 6, 2004
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    • Put your seat belt and one of Chad's nappies on - Zambia
    Put your seat belt and one of
    Chad's nappies on
    by ecoquester
    This was "somewhere" between Choma and Botoko.... after the town of Choma we found a little road that looked interesting and took it..... and boy was it interesting, despite the "repairs" to the bridge, this thing had yer foot wobbling over the throttle with every creak you heard.
    As you can see in front and to the left of my left wheel about three metres, someone had already dropped a wheel through the wood...
    Imagine what his car seat must have looked like.... hahaha!!!

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    Abandoned Locomotives
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  • Updated By Bwana_Brown on July 23, 2003
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    • Loco's Final Resting Place - Zambia
    Loco's Final Resting Place
    by Bwana_Brown
    While on honeymoon near Victoria Falls, we came across a whole string of abandoned steam locomotives. It was quite a sight! These Garrett-type locomotives have been used at many locations around the world. I just received a report (July, 2003) from VT-member 'Margi9' that a couple of these particular locomotives are now housed in the National Railway Museum at Livingstone. That is good news!

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    Lake Mweru Patrol
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  • Updated By Bwana_Brown on February 18, 2003
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    • Preparing to Patrol Lake Mweru - Zambia
    Preparing to Patrol Lake Mweru
    by Bwana_Brown
    One of my volunteer contacts was a fishery patrol officer on Lake Mweru, in northern Zambia on the border with Zaire. He took us out on an overnight patrol of the lake (see photo for our departure) on the 'Ikana' patrol boat. It was very interesting to see how they checked out the Zairean fishing boats and the sunset on the lake was spectacular as we slept on-board.

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    Wonder Gorge on the Lunsemfwa
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  • Updated By Bwana_Brown on February 18, 2003
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    • Wonder Gorge - Zambia
    Wonder Gorge
    by Bwana_Brown
    Wonder Gorge on the Lunsemfwa River is a sight to behold. This tributary of the Luangwa River is located east of Kabwe and was created by the river cutting through the escarpment. There were no facilities of any kind when I was there in 1973 - it is in the 'bush' outback. See my next tip in this section for another unusual outing.

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    The Cairo Road
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  • By Docu2001 on February 23, 2003
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    • Keemba, Zambia - Zambia
    Keemba, Zambia
    by Docu2001
    The road from Lusaka to Monze, Zambia has no potholes, two lanes, three police check points, one town near the Kafue river and lots of life, including people walking, riding biclycles and chasing their cattle.
    You pass the sight where Livinstone is said to have stopped, looked into the distance and seen the the great falls he would later visit. I never made it to Victoria Falls - it was another 4 hours down the Cairo road, (also known as The Great North road), from Monze and we had little time as it was. It was thrilling driving on this great road. The name is rich with images of late european empires and conjured up the vastness of Africa. The road from Cairo to Cape town was not completed and may never be. It runs out, turns to sand, twists and wanders into the wilderness. But this stretch through Zambia is the real thing - and as easy as it is to feel dwarfed by the scale of the African continent, this road provides a genuine link with the rest of it.
    The road is also dangerous. The grades are steep at various points (such as the crest of the hill where Livingstone spied Victoria Falls) and trucks will be stalled just short of the peak of each of them. You may see nothing but a triangle of sticks or worse, you may not see the basketball sized boulder the driver placed in your lane as a warning that he was stopped ahead. Driving at night is not an option so enjoy it during the day. And get out into the countryside and see this beautiful part of the world.

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  • By ecoquester on July 6, 2004
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    • No Man!!! we turned left there, didn't we? - Zambia
    No Man!!! we turned left
    there, didn't we?
    by ecoquester
    You know, we really did have a route planned.... but the more you do the more you want to find....
    we got a little adventurous after all we had a GPS right?.
    OK Sherlock, get your looking glass out.

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    Coal-fired Locomotives
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  • Updated By Bwana_Brown on May 14, 2003
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    • Hanging On is Easy When They are Stopped - Zambia
    Hanging On is Easy When They
    are Stopped
    by Bwana_Brown
    Another shot of the derelict coal-fired locomotives outside Livingstone, Zambia. We did see some of their type still in operation crossing the bridge from Zimbabwe.

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    Vultures' diner
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  • Updated By duke0123 on December 21, 2002
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    • Eating vultures - Zambia
    Eating vultures
    by duke0123
    Suddenly a terrible smell, a dead giraffe (saw her earlier this day), vultures eating from the dead body.
    That's nature, that's also Africa. When you're on a game drive it is possible you see these things.

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    Hear the school children sing
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  • Updated By duke0123 on December 21, 2002
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    • Schoolgirls - Zambia
    Schoolgirls
    by duke0123
    Visiting a school is one of the nices things you can do. When you enter the class room the children start to sing. The teacher tells something about the way of the lessons and you can look around a little bit.

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    When I was in Zambia, it...
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  • By asgottl on August 27, 2002
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    • Zambia Off the Beaten Path
    by asgottl
    When I was in Zambia, it wasn't safe to go across to the Zimbabwe side (granted I'm sure it was fine in Victoria Falls--the city). Here's the bridge that separated the two countries...

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