Kategorie: Allgemein
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We did it again (no ooops)
In the course of the days, weeks and months anyway only the good memories remain; so we did it again: We drove to the most beautiful national park so far for us (together with Chobe and the Okawango Delta): Mana Pools, a UNESCO World Heritage Site at the Zambezi with a view of Zambia on…
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Elephants, elephants, elephants …
We are quite sure that the number of elephants has increased. During our early morning game drives (in Africa even Lore gets up before sunrise) we constantly see elephant cows with one or two young ones. And back in the camp … just see the pics. It’s always amazing how silently 5 to 6 tons…
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Be aware about who is behind you
And a second later Lore was behind our car – faster than it would be necessary to reach a stop from Angelique Kerber. Als Lore sich in der nächsten Sekunde umdrehte, war sie so schnell hinter unserem Toyo, dass sie jeden Stopball von Angelique Kerber locker erreicht hätte.
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Goodbye Zimbabwe
One year after the change of power and one year after our first visit in this beautiful country: What has changed under the Mnangagwa presidency compared to the Mugabe dictatorship? There is still so much optimism in the country. „Everything has improved,“ we heared already when we entered the country. Then we felt the change…
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Hello Zambia … this greeting was not necessary!
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…
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Breaking & shocking news
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…
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Zambia / Sambia
An afternoon at the pool (and a wifi connection) gives me the chance to share a bit of my (newly acquired) knowledge:
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Fighting malnutrition / Kampf der Fehlernährung
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…