Its 5 am, the luggage is almost packed and a cup of coffee would be a very good idea here, By 6:15 I am out the door and joining friends to catch bus transport to a private game reserve. It is cold out here and I am grateful for the layering clothes lugged along. Socks by the way and walking shoes. We are going into the bush, dodging elephant droppings and cat scat.
What a delightul surprise for early morning. A non profit organization both saves and breeds lion cubs, raising them in a controlled environment, releasing them in stages until finally they are returned to the wild to help to rebuils Africa's dwindling lion population.
www.lionalert.com To help raise funds and awareness you can 'walk with the lions' and that's exactly what we did.
As if this was not enough today we traveled to Lusaka the capital of Zambia, by heading out on a road trip...all 7 hours of it, down the backbone of Zambia from Livingston to Lusaka.
The day has ended up in a renovated business hotel in downtown Lusaka, a Protea Hotel. Clean, newly renovated and well organized but I'll move on tonight. It seems that even in Southern Africa, nothing is cheap,,,, $112 a night with breakfast. My base criteria are clean and safe, after that the rest is add on. Everything else in range under $200 is sold out and I don't want to spend more than that for this leg. Tomorrow we are off on a visit to the Miracle Corners of the World Center just outside of Lusaka. That;s why I;ve traveled here. As an advisory board member I want to see how this newly opened center is doing and what 'micro' businesses have developed for the young people that this Center seerves.
www.miraclecorners.org so tune in and we'll add on more from the lion walk.
Lots more coming but I'm just too exhausted. 10:30pm here.
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