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Welcome to the Serengeti Trip 2011 Blog

Welcome to the Serengeti Trip 2011 Blog! We designed this website so that we can keep you posted on planning, packing and progress of our massive 70-day trip through 6 African countries early in 2011. The trip starts 20 January 2011 in Pretoria, South Africa, and takes us north through Botswana, Zambia and Tanzania to the legendary Serengeti National Park! From there we will head back south through Malawi, another part of Zambia and Zimbabwe...

Before the trip we will post photos and information on our route planning, vehicle upgrades, packing, equipment, etc. During the trip we will post daily diary entries by means of a satellite phone, so don't miss out! We will be posting in both English and Afrikaans. Please become a follower on this blog and subscribe to our RSS feed.
Enjoy the journey!


Wednesday, February 2, 2011

DAY 14: Catching up on some sleep

The two-day stopover in Lusaka is exactly what we needed at this stage of our journey! Not only did we fill up our water tank, visit the pharmacy, and stock up on groceries, but we also slept a lot! I got in a full 12 hours last night and another 2 this afternoon! JI watched his team, Arsenal, beat Everton so he only got to bed close to midnight. It feels very strange to watch TV again, especially from such comfortable sofas!
JI makes himself comfortable
Villiers and JI in one of the local shopping malls, Lusaka
Nadine, Christo, Marlize, Anke-Mari, JI and Villiers
We'd like to thank Marlize, Christo and the children again for hosting us. It has been great to recuperate in your home. We now have clean clothes, full stomachs and very well rested bodies! 

Tomorrow we aim for North Luangwa, one of Zambia's wildest parks. We're not even sure whether we'll get in, but the hope is to visit a friend, Claire Lewis, there. We won't reach the park in one day so we'll probably sleep close to the entrance.

Enjoy the rest the week!
Villiers

Highlight of the day:
Villiers: PIZZA!!!
JI: All the sleep and the pizza.

Lowlight of the day:
Villiers: The end of my afternoon nap :)
JI: Leaving the TV behind...

4 comments:

Almarie said...

Sjoe maar julle lyk sommer of julle by die huis is; JI voor die TV op die bank, julle om die eetkamer-tafel en in die mall met 'n trollie vol inkopies! Bly om te sien daar is darem beskaafde plekke ook in Afrika! Sit bietjie foto's ook op van die omgewing hoe dit daar lyk ens. Onthou julle ons kyk deur julle "oë" en wil niks mis nie! Geniet julle laaste aand in die 'beskawing'. Lekker slaap...

Unknown said...

A good night's sleep and some pizza does wonders for the soul! Glad you got to catch up on some rest, good luck tomorrow!

Rayno said...

Lekker lekker Pizza, :) Bly julle het dit geniet!! Dis cool dat jy so baie mense ken oor Afrika!!
Hoop julle het darm lekker Coke ook op gestok, wat is road trip sonder coke :)

Veilig ry !!

Marlize said...

Dit was heerlik om julle hier te he, bly ons kon darem so bietjie bederf! Geniet die res van die trip, sien baie uit om julle verder te volg!

Groete van ons al4! :-)

NS: Anke-Mari was BAIE ongelukkig toe sy wakker word en julle is klaar weg...

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