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A trip to Mansa
by AnnyaS
Our experience was many years ago and I am sure these days it is not as bad. We had to make a trip to Mansa on business. We were living in Lusaka at the time. The Pedicle was then a dirt road and a very dusty one marked with potholes. Our trip was very eventful, for a start we were stopped at the Zaire , now DRC, border post. My husband was marched at gun point into the bush. He was then beaten and his wallet and watch stolen. I was left in the heat and guarded by another"officer" at gunpoint. We were then allowed to go over the border back into Zambia.On our way back we were runoff the road by two petrol tankers dicing each other, we crashed off the road down into a ditch. The drivers just did not see us both fro the dust and the speed they were travelling. So our encounter was not pleasant but when we arrived in Mansa and travelled just out of the town this more than made up for it....
A community close to Luangwa Bridge
by georeiser
There are some houses and roadside shops on the Great East Road. A small community is located close to Luangwa Bridge, in the middle of the wilderness areas. The place is a popular pit stop on the road from Lusaka to Chipata and Malawi. You can buy food, fruits, drinks and also straw hats.
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Clay Pigeon Shooting
by Tusitala
Sporting Guns, Livingstone is an Olympic-standard shooting range. Their new Baretta shotguns are fantastic weapons to take down the clay pigeons with. All equipment and ammo supplied, as well as hotel transfers. Cold drinks at hand. Beautiful big space of African bushland not too far from Vic Falls.Feel like a big game hunter without wounding anything (well, maybe your pride when you get your score card back!)
When you go off road... Go off road
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!!!
Abandoned Locomotives
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!
The Cairo Road
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...
Lake Mweru Patrol
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.
Wonder Gorge on the Lunsemfwa
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.
Hear the school children sing
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.
Vultures' diner
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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