You must be wondering why i went quiet all of a sudden.Its because i was using Safaricom roaming internet, which could only extend to Tanduma (Tanzania-Zambia) border, and also the fact that data services were expensive(i ran out of airtime) and my phone being a non-living thing, died on me.(This is Kenya speak for dead battery charge).
Anyway, we got to Kapiri-Mposhi on Thursday at 1300hrs.(Zambians have this peculiar habit of telling time in hours). The town was deserted, and one could not help but sense the tension in the streets. A taxi ride from the station cost 20,000Kwacha (20pin), which is the equivalent of 4USD. By this time i was in the company of one Korean girl, One Japanese dude and an American.
The Matatu ride from Kapiri to Lusaka costed K35000 and just as in Kapiri, we were greeted by Ghost streets.We checked in at Flinstones backpackers (formerly known as Ku-Omboka backpackers).
Dorm fees were 50000Kwacha per night. I paid for three nights but my friends left for livingstone the following morning.
Anyway, we got to Kapiri-Mposhi on Thursday at 1300hrs.(Zambians have this peculiar habit of telling time in hours). The town was deserted, and one could not help but sense the tension in the streets. A taxi ride from the station cost 20,000Kwacha (20pin), which is the equivalent of 4USD. By this time i was in the company of one Korean girl, One Japanese dude and an American.
The Matatu ride from Kapiri to Lusaka costed K35000 and just as in Kapiri, we were greeted by Ghost streets.We checked in at Flinstones backpackers (formerly known as Ku-Omboka backpackers).
Dorm fees were 50000Kwacha per night. I paid for three nights but my friends left for livingstone the following morning.
An optimistic Zambian still in a celebratory mood after Michael Sata's victory...(blame it on tugiri giri)
I don't know why, of late i have been having a hard time to express my thoughts in the right sequence (especially when writing). My post was actually meant to be themed around the title "Don't Kubeba" which in Nyanja language of Zambia means don't tell. Don't Kubeba was the slogan used by the new president of Zambia Michael Sata.It means take the bribe but dont tell you are not going to vote for whoever gave you the bribe to vote for him/her.
ReplyDeleteI'm proud to have been in Lusaka at this historic moment where Patriotic Front's candidate won andwas sworn in to office. The song "Donchu Kubeba" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S8E6x62gTF4 is a big hit in Zambia during this time.