May 26th - 28th, A walk on the wild side, the arrival of d'Artagnan, and plenty of alcohol! We had decided whilst travelling back to Lusaka from Kitwe that the following day we would visit a game resort located near to the airport named Chaminuka. Furthermore we had managed to commandeer another vehicle to use at our pleasure when we returned. This vehicle came in the form of Lorraine, the partner to Basil, with whom we had had drinks with at the Kalahari bar ...

May 26th - 28th, A walk on the wild side, the arrival of d'Artagnan, and plenty of alcohol! We had decided whilst travelling back to Lusaka from Kitwe that the following day we would visit a game resort located near to the airport named Chaminuka. Furthermore we had managed to commandeer another vehicle to use at our pleasure when we returned. This vehicle came in the form of Lorraine, the partner to Basil, with whom we had had drinks with at the Kalahari bar ...

Chingola and Chimfunshi, 21st-23rd May - Volunteer work at Chimfunshi Chimpanzee Orphanage After a lazy Friday morning and a much needed lye in, we began making preparations for our impending visit to Chimfunshi Orphanage, the chimpanzee sanctuary that we had visited the previous day. We had agreed with one of the supervisors name Innocent that Scott and I would arrive Friday evening and stay until early Monday morning when Silver would pick us up. The visit was...

May 24th -May 25th The long road home! We awoke from Chimfunshi at 5am to be ready for 6am the pickup time previously agreed with Silver a few days previous before Scott and I set off into the bush where signal was non existent. True to form Silver arrived on African time around 8.30am! We hopped in and caught up swapping stories of the weekends. Turned out Silver had been driving, visiting and going out all over the copper belt region of Zambia and as a result ...

Chingola May 19th - May 20th - Monkeying around! After the lengthy drama that unfolded on the trip to Chingola, we were all a little fatigued but determined to soldier on and enjoy the delights Chingola had to offer.Chingola is a mining town, specifically copper mining. The main mine named KCM employs over half the population of the town, Silver's sister Chansa included. Whilst the mine is quite vast in size, the town in comparison is rather small containing t...