Author: David Berger
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Emperor Aurelius: wisdom without end
For every moment of doubt or self reproach it seems Marcus Aurelius’s handbook has an answer. I take funerals in my community to heart – perhaps needlessly, but I feel every death is a failure on my part – needless waste of productive human life that could have changes our world. Entry 6 from his…
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Knowledge Is Power
Before I get into more details about Livingstone and our week exploring southern Zambia and Botswana, I thought I’d revisit this great post! Knowledge is power, power is education, education is empowerment, empowerment is knowledge. Marcus Aurelius stood as a great philosopher king in his time. Today his memoirs offer us a glimpse of the…
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From Kaingo to Livingstone, a brief summary
We packed up and with light hearts had our last breakfast at Kaingo. It had been a truly special, and spectacular experience. Without a doubt one of the most beautiful and stunning series of days, in terms of natural beauty and connecting with the “wild” Africa, in my service so far. What’s more is that…
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Understanding ones priorities
Well darn, that title right there is one heck of a tall order. I suppose y’all are strapped in for quite the ride with me tonight. I’m taking a little break from the trip updates to write you this little piece of musing on priorities. I’ve written on motivation a couple of times now but…
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Hippo
I hope I explained some of the background regarding our Safari at Kaingo in my last post, so I won’t re-hash too much of it. I’d rather spend this post talking about a specific three day incident that we encountered and then followed while staying at Kaingo. It’s a bit gruesome animal wise, so be…
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Kaingo Day 1
In my last post I had a chance to introduce you to Kaingo and South Luangwa, but I didn’t really get a chance to describe our experiences and the Safari. Our arrival at Kaingo was like a dream of excitement, and comfort. We were escorted din by the owner/operator, met by the friendly staff…
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Ntumbatuschi and Northern Luapula province
As morning dawned we settled into the car, girded ourselves for one hell of a ride, and started out on the bush path that would take us to the main road. We high centered a few times, scraped here and there, and finally burst out of the bush on clean and clear tarmac. Now I’ll…
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From Mansa to South Luangwa
A hop skip and a jump, from Mansa to South Luangwa: Alright then! So, After our spectacular evening and morning in at Lake Bengweulu in Samfya district, we got back in our vehicle and drove to Mansa. It was an exciting day, we’d gotten everything prepared, and after returning the vehicle we picked up…
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Samfya
Samfya! All packed up, we said goodbye to Chisunka, piled into the car and headed south. We were on the road to Lake Bengweulu, Samfya district. Samfya is something special – it’s a gorgeous lake smack dab in the southen part of Luapula. It spans two provinces and is just big enough that you can’t…
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Family Reunion
Alright, in my last post I mentioned I’d be writing updates for the last few weeks, so let’s start at the beginning. The folks arrived in Zambia July 8th and for a torturous two days stayed down in Lusaka, Zambia waiting for their flight to come and join me in Mansa for the trip to…