Enough of those pictures of the week auto posts! I hereby announce that I’m back into regular posting mode and on the road again – whatever actually qualifies as a road is to be determined. By the time you read this I’m going to be on my way heading south out of Lusaka, enroute into the country of Zimbabwe. This is going to be tough – I haven’t been riding in nearly 3 months, and I have only a few days to make it to the border before my visa [read more]
Hard to believe a month has gone by since I’ve actually written something, I know a few people are wondering what exactly is happening, if I’m OK, and so on and so on. Rest assured, I’m alive and well in Lusaka Zambia – still. That’s right, what was intended to be only a short stay has since magnified into a renewal of my visa for another 30 days (and hoping for another 30 day extension after that) before I set forth again to go through Zimbabwe. ‘But what do [read more]
Sleep has been a bit of a weird one lately, lying awake till quite late and tossing and turning throughout the night, partially from heat, vivid dreams, grief? Who knows. But one thing for sure the energy levels are starting to fade, coinciding exactly about the time where I’m dealing with major hills on a regular basis. It’s not Canadian Rocky style hills, but still something that requires a lot more energy than what was offered in the mostly flat country of Botswana. I woke up the next morning saying [read more]
I’ve got good news – I’m riding again! I crossed into the Zambia border after losing the coin toss of entering into Zimbabwe for half a day and crossed into a new country leaving fond memories of my time in Botswana. Seriously – you want to go to this place and meet the people. It’s a dream to cycle in with the flat terrain, good roads, courteous drivers, great prices on food and other services, and the amount of wildlife that you will see running around at any given time. [read more]
My route while traveling through.. InformationInfo: Formed: 1964 Population: 12,935,000 peopleArea: 752,618 sq/ kilometresLanguages Spoken: English, Chewa, Bemba, Lunda, Tonga, Lozi, Luvale, KaondeCurrency: ZMK Kwacha Zambia, officially the Republic of Zambia, is a landlocked country in Southern Africa. The neighbouring countries are the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the north, Tanzania to the north-east, Malawi to the east, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Botswana and Namibia to the south, and Angola to the west. The capital city is Lusaka, located in the south-central part of the country. The population is concentrated mainly [read more]
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