Hubers go Africa

We are in the Luangwa Valley, more precisely in the South Luangwa National Park, the most famous animal sanctuary of Zambia. Again a „wilderness park“, without fences, visits of animals of all kinds not excluded. First, however, no animals, but an insight, how we live here. Wir sind im Luangwa-Tal, genauer im South Luangwa-Nationalpark, dem…

We have left Lusaka for the northeast. Our thanks go to the EU, who financed restauration of the infamous „Great East Road“. Less good: Our refrigerator is broken, it works with an external power supply, but not with the 24 volts of the on-board batteries. So we removed it overnight and operated it outside. Asking…

One of the 50 or so projects that the Merck Family Foundation has supported since its inception is a short detour on our way and definitely worth a visit: The Irish volunteer organization i4Life (amongst them: our pharma head in Ireland) is fighting malnutrition of children in a socially deprived area of Lusaka: Linda compound, a…

An afternoon at the pool (and a wifi connection) gives me the chance to share a bit of my (newly acquired) knowledge:

Even though we are meanwhile in Zambia, we are shocked by breaking news from Zimbabwe: A German woman was trampled to death by an elephant in Zimbabwe last Wednesday. In Mana Pools – exactly at the place we had left three days before. And yes, the elephants are very often very close there. You don’t…

On the very first day in Zambia, I already receive a ticket for speeding. I will survive the penalty. 300 Kwatcha (the local currency) is about 22 Euro. I think I should frame the ticket. Because our 29 year old Toyo can be proud of having driven too fast. Kaum sind wir in Sambia, erhalte…