A Livingstone Vacation

After my hard few days of work, it was time for a vacation to Livingstone with the team! On our way to Livingstone, we spent some time in Kasama, where I met a lot of the Peace Corps volunteers in the Northern Province of Zambia (meaning they live near me). We arrived in Livingstone just in time for the Booze Cruise on the Zambezi, which was epic and there are pictures to tell the story.

While in Livingstone, we stayed in the best hostel I’ve ever seen. It was called Jollyboys with clean rooms, beds and bathrooms, it’s own pool, a bar, an internet café and a lounge with tons of pillows. The morning after the booze cruise, Emily, John, Daniel, Elizabeth and I went on a safari in Botswana! Before the safari started, we had to cross the border into Botswana, and at the border you can see 4 countries at one time – Zambia, Botswana, Namibia and Zimbabwe. The picture is of all of us with one foot in Botswana and one in Zimbabwe.


The safari was absolutely amazing. It started with a filling breakfast that included dairy products and then we got into a big truck to take us into Chobe National Park. We weren’t expecting to see too much, but we were pleasantly surprised when we were surrounded by animals the whole time we were in the park. The first half of the safari was on land where we saw lions, giraffes, kudus, “Zazu” birds, hippos, monkeys, zebras, elephants, warthogs, bulls and many others that I can’t remember the names of. The park was beautiful and what I was most impressed by was how peaceful the animals were and how harmoniously they lived together (cliché, I know). The second half of the safari was on a boat in the Chobe River. I’ve included my favorite pictures from the safari, but if you want to see even more pictures of my trip so far, use the link on the right.

The next day, a few of us went to Victoria Falls, one of the 7 Natural Wonders of the World - it was quite an adventure…you can ask me to tell you the stories later. The Falls, while extremely touristy, were breathtaking. Livingstone ended with some great pizza, milkshakes and time in the pool before heading back to Lusaka. Daniel, John (the Project Manager from '06-'07) and I leave tomorrow for another long drive to Kala and Mwange before I finally settle into my job and get to work.