LusakaBlogs we like

  1. How to Name Your Compound: place names in Zambia

    Blog: PocketCultures - 12 July 2010

    Main food market in Lusaka by Cordelia Person on Flickr

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  2. The Chitenge - A Zambian fashion essential

    Blog: PocketCultures - 19 May 2010

    When I lived in the more rural area of Eastern Province in Zambia there was a nearby hospital that regularly had volunteers from abroad. We would often see them walking down the road, enjoying the sunshine in their shorts or mini-skirts.

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  3. The Rains Continue in Zambia

    Blog: PocketCultures - 22 March 2010

    In all the years we lived in Zambia we have never seen rains like this season has brought. Our lawn has become waterlogged and is actually growing algae, the old abandoned pool on our compound has become a dark green lagoon. Water is gushing through drains and across roads. Credit.

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  4. Why I Hate the Indian Bureaucracy (Part 2)

    Blog: GoBackpacking - 5 November 2009

    And that’s when I got the help I couldn’t do without. I used the last of my funds to get a cab from the edge of town I crawled to to get to the bar where I met two Peace Corps volunteers, mutual friends of a sorority sister, and agents of [...]Buy travel insurance from Worldnomads.com (Lonely Planet's preferred carrier)

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  5. Why I Hate the Indian Bureaucracy

    Blog: GoBackpacking - 4 November 2009

    The first worrisome truth: my ATM card wouldn't work in the country.Buy travel insurance from Worldnomads.com (Lonely Planet's preferred carrier)

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