by Nick Lugg | Nov 12, 2023 | Uncategorised
The title for my blog derives from a conversation Erica had at Harare airport a few years ago, after we had paid a visit to our very good friends, Sean and Michelle, and their family. She was quite upset as we prepared to leave. It had been a long time since we had...
by Nick Lugg | Nov 11, 2023 | Uncategorised
There is a lot about travelling to Zambia, that is not comfortable. To start with a journey that lasts a full 24 hours, in conditions that stretch the definition of ‘glamorous’. It doesn’t take long to re-acquaint oneself with the challenges of simple living. For...
by Erica Lugg | Apr 16, 2023 | Uncategorised
Driving to the airport you kind of get in the mood. The music vibe changes and the volume goes up. Every song is a reminder of the distinctive nature of the African rhythm. Somewhere in the playlist is “the one song” that any traveller who has ever...
by Nick Lugg | Nov 26, 2021 | Uncategorised
So that was that, two weeks gone in a flash, and here I am in Nairobi with probably the last blog for a while. Before this trip, two years had passed with restrictions on travel making it impossible to visit Zambia. Then on our final evening, as...
by Erica Lugg | Nov 25, 2021 | Uncategorised
It’s the eve of our departure – I am so not ready to leave. The last two weeks have been wonderful in so many ways. We woke up this morning, we already knew what the day would hold. There is always pressure to get things finished off on the last day…things that need...
by Erica Lugg | Nov 24, 2021 | Uncategorised
There were many things that I needed to learn quickly and get used to when we lived in Zambia and one of those things was the art of waiting…waiting patiently. Not that I have mastered it, being quite an impatient, everything has to be done now, type of person. But...
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