Bicycle diaries

A basket on the back of your bike is definitely also a trend in Africa.

streetlife

Nyama Choma means grilled meat in Kiswahili. Every village on the main road has at least 1 choma zone or Choma palace! Packed busses are a common sight but the most striking is the amazing amount of backs filled with charcoal and the impact of deforestation of large areas along every road we travelled.

into the wild

“The big 5” is in the pocket however some other wild I find even more photogenic. “The Cat 5”: 1.millions of pink flamingos in Lake Nakuru 2. Impala’s or Bambi’s in Masai Mara 3. Weaver birds 4. Spotted-Hyena’s 5. Grunting Hippos

smiles for miles

Last week we have been on the road with Golden Banda. After Zambia we drove eastward to Malawi and further north to Tanzania. Some things are different some things are still the same: original shop names, nsima, converted seacontainers and painted advertisements are just a few.

blossom

Spring is in the air! it is so nice to see the blossoms in the trees my winter has been too long this year.... I love this painting that I have put on my desktop. It is made by *piou* via http://www.helloneest.com/

observers

Title deeds and data collection: a perfect trip to take some pictures of a subcentre in Choma District. The tailors always work on the veranda showing their work.

lifestyle #1

You know that you are settled in Zambia when it is becoming normal to you that: all the shops sell the same

stuff always displayed in nicely constructed towers of tomatoes and religion is the totally, true, whole thing..

energy

While Obama pleads for alternative energy (the movie HOME is definitely a must see http://www.home-2009.com/us/index.html ) the common cooking is done here on (BP) brazers with charcoal, the wood is cut down and taken home on a bike or on their head.

4 seasons - autumn

The colours of autumn in Zambia are stunning especially in the twilight hours and early morning

arts & crafts

MADE at www.tribaltextiles.co.zm

auntie Hippo

Seeing the hippo's and elephants from a boat in the water is truly magnificent! With the hippo I still feel a bit quilty of breaking a porcelain one from my housemate in Delft. Hopefully I will find one to replace the original.

Oh, I just can't wait to be king

Everybody look left, Everybody look right, Everywhere you look, I'm Standing in the spotlight!

No one saying do this,
No one saying be there
No one saying stop that
No one saying see here
Free to run around all day
Free to do it all my way
(Lion King)

can you feel the african sunrise & sunset

The sweet caress of twilight

There's magic everywhere

And with all this romantic atmosphere

Holiday's in the air!

(Lion King)

residents health committee

The community is very involved in the development of their settlements and amongst other things creating a healthpost. This map shows the area that Njase healthpost covers mainly farms and illegal settlements as Chandamali and Kamunza.

drink (a toast to the) sun

Some say you should try to be rich man
some they say you should be number one
But my wealth will be inside
and grow under the sun
( The Sun lyrics of Cat Empire)

Selfportrait

On many request a selfportrait taken at Lake Kariba (Siansowa) this weekend having a wig party.

slum dwellers international

This pilot house is build by an organisation called People's Proccess on Housing Projects Zambia: they supprt poor people with building well designed houses in Zambia. Apart from the pilot house, 172 more houses are planned in Choma, meanwhile they and the council have to solve a boundary dispute.

Mwabuka buti?

Kabhotu. Twalumba. Acu, Mulabedja! Njanda chingkwa ...chita ...- How are you, fine thanks. My goodness you are lying! I want bread….I don't know... course 1: surviving in Tonga

Wilhelmus vahan Nahasauwe

The Dutch ambassador hosted a really nice party in his lovely garden for Queensday! I had haring, cheese and bitterballen

Keep Choma clean and healthy week

The council is responsible for waste management in Choma township. Waste is collected from bins in the town centre and from waste collection bays in certain residential areas and markets and delivered to the official dumping site on land near to the airstrip.There is no systematic waste collection service in the majority of residential areas or from individual house and businesses. In Zambia the most common method of domestic and commercial waste management is by burning or burying on the premises.