David Berger

Tag: Zambia

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • Returning to the village

    Good morning my friends! Back to texting you my blog entries! Looks like I’m home for a bit – back in the village I mean. Thanks for being patient with me and keeping up with my sporadic facebooking etc. I’m going to be going through and journaling/blogging about the last three weeks. It was an…

  • A Brief visit to Mukuni Big 5 Safaris Conservation Park

    Good morning folks! Today I have the distinct pleasure to be writing about Mukuni Big 5 Conservation and Safari Park. At the end of June, I visited Mukuni while on personal leave with a visiting friend from the U.S. I’m a Peace Corps Volunteer working in health and community development in Northern Zambia – Luapula…

  • Follow-up to a rough week:

    Well, here’s to moving forward, understanding your place in the world, and keeping faith. After an absolutely frustrating and heart wrenching week – complete with the delayed receipt of the death of the second twin yesterday – I’ve worked myself into a motivated fervor. At least I can burn through some of this helplessness. Here’s…

  • Three rough days

    Hey folks, Well…this is going to be raw, and parts gruesome, skip over if you must. I guess that is how it is supposed to be, and I am sure you will forgive me and work in a little slack. I am writing at the end of three days of horror, frustration, helplessness, anger, and…

  • How to build a light bulb drier – food dehydrator

    Food dehydration and preservation are necessary to improved food security, nutrition and income generation leading to empowerment in the developing world. Using a variety of development resources including appropriate technology to utilize available resources in solar thermal energy, smoking food, and electricity – this project – to produce heat and accelerate drying. Understanding the principle…

  • Pottage

    Gooooooood morning folks! This blog’s a little down and dirty, a bit personal, the topics awkward but funny, and well… You’ll see. You’ll forgive me infusing a bit of humor to save you from the butt of it. So it’s that time in the week when I lay in bed and write y’all another update.…