Nelly and I just came back from our vacation trip to Zambia.
Compared to last time, our all our bags made it.
For the first time in any customs control, Nelly and I were asked to open all our suit cases. They went ahead and searched; and found nothing. Oh well – how about that for a [...]
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Posted in Trips, Zambia on Dec 13th, 2009 No Comments »
The last few weeks have been crazy busy – school and work.But I am now excited to be on a trip to Zambia to visit my parents, relatives, and friends. It should be fun.
I plan to be knocked out through most of the flight.
Trip Details:
Seattle to Washington, DC
Washington to Dakar, Senegal
Dakar to Johannesburg, South Africa
Johannesburg [...]
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Posted in Events, Zambia on Oct 19th, 2008 No Comments »
Zambia’s independence day is on 24th October. The Zambian community in Seattle decided to celebrate a week earlier. It was definately a good time.
Check out the few event pictures from my camera here.
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Posted in Other, Zambia on Aug 25th, 2008 No Comments »
The Zambian president, Levy Mwanawasa, has died. He was in a comma for a while. I recieved tons of Text Messages from people all over as the news started to spread.
BBC News link from August 19th.
May His Soul Rest In Peace.
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Posted in Personal, Zambia on Aug 17th, 2008 3 Comments »
After many-many months, I finally got some news on my passport. But where the hell is it?
My passport was going to expire in July 2008. I had heard stories of the nightmare process to get it renewed with the Zambian embassy. But none-the-less, I decided to start my renewal process much earlier.
September 2007 – I [...]
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We are back in town and I am struggling with my sleeping pattern.
LUSAKA > LONDON : 9 hours
[TRANSIT AT HEATHROW] : 22 hours
LONDON > SEATTLE : 10 hours
Remain at Heathrow 22 hours?
No way! I almost died waiting 6 hours on the way to Zambia.
So I got a British visa again, and got out of the [...]
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Posted in Photos, Trips, Zambia on Dec 30th, 2006 2 Comments »
Lusaka is the capital city of Zambia.
Here are the pictures taken while in Lusaka [CLICK HERE].
We did manage to get to Protea Safari Lodge where Nelly got a chance to play/touch a friendly tamed elephant. That was another exciting afternoon trip as we got a chance to see some animals before going to a real [...]
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Posted in Photos, Trips, Zambia on Dec 29th, 2006 No Comments »
Trip to Mfuwe.
Lions, Elephants, Monkeys, Hippos, Impalas, Giraffes, Zebras,…..
All animals in their natural habitats.
Mfuwe town is located in the South Luangwa Nation Park in the Eastern province of Zambia. Our safari activities were organized by ‘Robin Pope Safaris’ who housed us at their Nkwali camp. The camp is located on the shores of the Luangwa [...]
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Posted in Photos, Trips, Zambia on Dec 26th, 2006 1 Comment »
Victoria Falls Zambia -
Saturday afternoon after arriving in Livingstone, we started our tour. Off to the Victoria Falls!!!!
Magnificent views of the Victoria falls. Even Godwell Khosa would have to agree that Victoria Falls Zambia has amazing views better than on the Zimbabwean side. We took lots of pictures, and traversed the high adrenaline foot paths [...]
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Posted in Photos, Trips, Zambia on Dec 25th, 2006 No Comments »
A trip to Zambia would not have been complete for Nelly if she went all the way there, and never saw the Victoria Falls in Livingstone, Zambia. So we decided to squeeze that day trip into our program. It turned out to be worthwhile and I enjoyed driving both ways.
In the past, I have had [...]
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