African Odyssey. 21st Sept - 13th Oct 2002

Index of pages

Itinerary (Word document supplied by Travelbag Adventures)

Animated map (fairly big .jpg file, slow modems be warned)

The trip

Dramatis Personae

Day 1. The Flight Out

Day 2. Lusaka.

Day 3. The road to Kasanka

Day 4. Kasanka National Park

Day 5. Livingstone Memorial. Mpika

Day 6. Mpika to Mbala

Day 7. Mpulungu

Day 8. MV Liemba

Day 9. Kigoma

Day 10. Gombe Streams NP

Day 11. Ujiji

Day 12. Kigoma to Dodoma

Day 13. Dodoma to Udzungwa

Day 14. Udzungwa National Park

Day 15. Iringa

Day 16. Iringa to Ruaha

Day 17. Ruaha National Park

Day 18. Ruaha National Park

Day 19. Isimila - Mbaya

Day 20. Mbaya to Karonga

Day 21. Mzuzu - Chikangawa

Day 22. Lilongwe

Day 23. Homeward Bound

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Index of Photographs

(High resolution versions of all photographs, and others not included on the web site, are available on request)

Dinner at the Barn Motel

Barbeque at the Barn Motel

Lusaka market

Girl in Lusaka Market

Barn Motel. Relaxing by the pool.

Musician at the Barn Motel

Auxies replaces the Defender's drive shaft

The camp at Kasanka NP

Sundowners at Kasanka NP

Kasanka. Climbing to the hide

Kasanka. Our park guide

Kasanka. Nature walk.

Kasanka, the ferry

Dinner at Kasanka NP

Kasanks. Tiger snake in a tree in the camp

Chatting with Bemba villagers

Bemba villagers pound casava

The plaque at the Livingstone memorial

The Livingstone Memorial

Livingstone Memorial. Chuma and Susi's plaque

Auxies unblocks Defender's fuel line while Ken offers advice

Kasama

Women in Mbala

Sundowners at Grasshopper Hotel, Mbala

The market at Mpulungu

Selling the catch at Mpulungu market

The market at Mpulungu

The water taxi in Mpulungu

Soldiers at the border in Mpulungu

The MV Liemba

Fishermen on Lake Tanganyika

Sundowners on the lifeboat deck of the Liemba

The ship is surrounded by boats

Clambering up the side of the ship

Takeaway curry on board the Liemba

Loading cargo onto the Liemba

Water taxis vie for position

Eating sugar cane

Dinner on board the Liemba

The Lake Tanganyika Beach Hotel, Kigoma

Lake Tanganyika Beach Hotel, lake side

The boat to Gombe Streams

A baboon welcomes us to Gombe

Gombe Streams. Goblin

Goblin sets off along the path

A young chimp emerges from the undergrowth

Youngs chimps playing

Chimps settle down in the middle of the path.

A chimp saunters by

Gombe - we trudge home

A fisherman on the lake at Gombe

A family does their laundry at Gombe

Return to the Tanganyika Beach Hotel

The Livingstone museum

Livingstone and Stanley in Ujiji museum

The lakeside at Ujiji

Boat builders invite us aboard

Fisherman mending his net at Ujiji

Boat builders at work at Ujiji

Playing Bao in Ujiji

The market at Kigoma

Kigoma railway Station

Pulling out of Kigoma station

A station along the way

Where the steam engines go to die

Tobora railway station

Dodoma from the hotel balcony

Zebra in Mkumi national park

Elephants in Mkumi national park

Swimming in Udzungwa NP

The view from the top waterfall in Udzungwa NP

Pygmy chameleon. Udzungwa NP

The view from the bottom waterfall in Udzungwa NP

The bottom waterfall at Udzungwa NP

Baobab tree in flower

Ken and Auxies making lunch. Iringa

Iringa

Drinks at the lodge in Ruaha NP

Staff at Ruaha lodge preparing the evening meal

Brewing beer in the village at Ruaha

Village girl. Ruaha

Mother and son in Ruaha village

Villagers. Ruaha

Ruaha game drive. Up on the roof

Ruaha game drive. Lunch in the shade

Ruaha game drive. Giraffe

Ruaha game drive. Impala

Ruaha game drive. Warthog

Ruaha game drive. Buffalo

Ruaha game drive. Zebra

Ruaha game drive. Elephant

Ruaha game drive. Hippo

Ruaha game drive. Jackal

The Masai dance (courtesy of Nathan Dixey)

Ruaha game drive, day 2. Giraffe

Ruaha day 2. Giraffe, zebra and impala

Ruaha day 2. An elephant blocks our road.

Ruaha day 2. Sundowners

Iringa. Best quality food and snakes

Rock pillars at Isimila stone age site

Kids are delighted by my digital camera (Courtesy of Nathan Dixey)

Karonga. Fishermen on lake Malawi

Karonga. Fishermen coming ashore.

Karonga. Fishermen's families with the catch

An ox cart on the road to Mzuzu

Mzuzu cobbler mends my sandal

Fart's designs, Mzuzu

Kebab and chips at Chiweta

Nathan and Amanda catch a nap

The curio market in Lilongwe

Nathan takes a dip

Lillongwe market

Dried fish at Lilongwe market

The Group Photo

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