Rest Day In Lusaka Zambia

WOW!...what a few days of riding... the weather has been very hot ...we are done with the rain I trust!!!! The mileage was long each day as you can see by the mileage chart on my blog. Many of the riders are beginning to break down as are some bikes, but we all keep going as best we can. We only have about five weeks remaining in the tour and while we are anxious for it to end we are already starting to get a little sad as we have all been through so much together and have developed close ties and friendships. Each campsite we sit around and share stories of the days and stuff from our lives. Don't get me wrong we do not stay up until midnight...we are usually all in bed by 6:30 or 7...whatever will we do when we get home!!!


Zambia is a beautiful country and the population is much less than previous countries...the coke stops are few and far between if at all. Somehow it never fails that when you think you have a private quiet place to do a washroom break somebody show sup. We are beginning to call this the "Tour of the Living Dead"...in a continent that is as large as Africa and you are never without the presence of people. The second last bush camp we stayed at we heard drumming and chanting until about four in the morning...nice for awhile but hard to get to sleep with. the drums move in a circular fashion throughout the night so when you wake up it is heard from a new place.

Last night we stayed at a Jehovah Witness site. It was preparing for a gathering the next day and women were busy plastering the walls of the various structures around the compound. It is interesting as I mentioned before that women seem to be the ones who do a lot of the manual labour..usually with a baby ties to her back and at times one on the front as well. We did see one man carrying a child wrapped on his back but that is very unusual.

As mentioned in my last post some of us are headed to Vic Falls ahead of the group for a few days of rest. The journey has been long and hard and it will prepare us for the last push to Cape Town. It will be hard to leave Lusaka as it is a very Western city..in fact we feel like we are in an amusement park after so many months of rode riding and such. It has a movie theatre, ice cream, a Subway, banks, bowling etc. ..we will make good use of the services here. Lunch was soooooooooooo amazing!!!

I trust that you are all well and if you are in North America you are finally getting some spring weather to enjoy. May the sun continue to warm your hearts and souls. I will update from Vic Falls!!!