The one truth I am coming to realize is that a trip to Africa like this one consists of sitting. We sit in the plane for long hours. We sit in the airport between flights. And once at the Safari camp, we sit, like maharajas on elephants, on the top of the seating platforms on… Continue reading Sitting Safari
Author: hmelton
Persistence
As soon as I’m able, I’ll post a video I took at the end of a long day. Update: Here it is: youtube video The schedule here is a wake-up call at 5:15, (since there’s no telephone, a wake-up call consists of a guard saying hello outside the window in progressively louder tones until we… Continue reading Persistence
That’s a Zebra Skin
We’re waiting for lunch in the airport restaurant at Lusaka. We sorta made a mistake in our planning. We thought that our plane to Mfuwe was due to leave at 8 am. With that in mind we had the hotel wake us at 5:15 so we could catch the 6am shuttle to the airport. When… Continue reading That’s a Zebra Skin