This past week, sightings of elephants have become a regular occurrence along the roads around Livingstone, the warmer weather has brought on more mosquitoes,  some trees are starting to bud, and our garden has produced a huge crop of tomatoes. The seasons here are very strange. While much of the landscape is charred and [...]

My good friend Paul and dog Zane in Hawkestone

Running a tourist business has turned out to be quite a daunting task and taking all our time. If we just moved our beds there we wouldn’t have to travel back and forth to our house. We are open six days and nights each [...]

It’s Friday night and we head back to Zambia tomorrow. I’m not looking forward to the many hours on the plane but it will be nice to get back home and get at all the work which needs doing in Livingstone. It’s been great to visit with everyone, to spend time with Sean and [...]

We’ve managed to visit a lot with friends and family and have put quite a few miles on Ryan and Sally’s car since we arrived in Canada. This past week, we went from Guelph to Toronto to Port Perry to Hawkestone to Kitchener to Stratford and back to Guelph. Our time spent with Sean [...]

Summers in Canada are absolutely beautiful. The lakes and forests are perhaps more beautiful than anywhere else in the world and a warm summer day boating, cooking on an open fire, camping, or settling in to a cozy bed in a cabin in the woods is definitely part of Canadian lifestyle. We came back [...]

Our lives are certainly full of music and dance and song as we celebrate Zambian Culture at the Arts Cafe. We are working late tonight trying to get all the last minute tasks completed before packing and heading off to Canada tomorrow. Here are some pictures of the fun times we’re having.

Making [...]

There are a lot of Zambian sayings which have crept into our vocabulary since living in Zambia. Here are a few examples:

“long time” – when greeting someone you haven’t seen in a while (or a day or two)

“is it?” – a response when something is told to you that you express surprise [...]

Assembling benches with Tim

This past week many of our tradespeople finished up their work and left the Arts Cafe after two months of employment. Unfortunately, it didn’t mean all the work was done but the jobs still pending are minor in many ways so I donned my old clothes picked up my [...]

Marilyn with guest of honour Permanent Secretary Gladys Kristofer

On Saturday July 3, we had our “not quite ready” opening night gala of the Arts Cafe. It started in the morning with our “Livingstone Proud” Festival of Banners art competition and parade. The kids from 16 schools marched from the town centre to [...]

Chipping in to get the job done

Margie and Marilyn at the Waterfront Lodge

Many people can say they visited Africa but in reality few actually experience it. There is so much misunderstanding in the developed world about the people and their true situation. The motto for Zambia is “The Real Africa” [...]