Zambia Rocks!
Wow, two posts in one evening 
A while ago I went on business to Zambia. I flew with SAA to Zambia and it went without any hassle. In fact we got there in record time - the flight is supposed to be 2 hrs long, but it took us only an hour and 20 minutes to get there. Once I was there though it went pear shaped for a while. I get there and customs say that I must pay import duties for the Opteq device that I am carrying. I say thats fine, they must tell me how much it is because they dont accept credit cards so I have to go to the exchange office outside. Fine they say and they write down 165,000 kwatcha. My heart hit the floor until I realised that the exchange rate was quite good for us and that turned out to be only around ZAR 350 (about USD $50). Once that was all sorted I had missed the bus to the hotel so I had to catch a taxi to the hotel from the airport which cost another 150,000 for about a 10-15 minute drive. I checked in with little hassle and went up to my room until the next day when I went to Oxfam.
Oxfam was great, the people that work at Oxfam in Zambia (In particular Mike) are so friendly and are great ambassadors for a great organisation. They where helpfull and even went out of their way to show me around Lusaka a bit which was nice.
Other than that, the Hotel was nice (expensive as they all are), but the food was great. I can recommend that if you are ever in Lusaka and stay at the Intercontinental hotel order a steak sandwich from room service, its really outstanding! The flight back was early (we left the hotel by 5:15am) and I was back at the office before some people had even arrived.
There are some photos so have a look in the gallery or click here
March 27th, 2007 at 2:31 pm
yes, yes. zambia is fantastic
March 31st, 2007 at 12:55 am
Sounds very nice.