little walk on the wild side

there wasn't much time to be a tourist when i went to zambia (my first time in africa!) to study. our schedule was filled with visits to the university, the house of a local alumnus, local NGOs...and a lot of waiting. and waiting. and waiting. for everything! macrina and i stole away for 12 hours while we were in lusaka--for some of the only free time we had through the entire trip. we found a privately-owned, absolutely beautiful safari lodge in close proximity to lusaka, where we rode horses to get up close with the elephants, went on a game drive had the opportunity to see a wide variety of traditional and modern african art, and enjoyed quite a few glasses of pimms (very african, of course)! it's interesting that all of the land/animals were privately-held, and i'm sure i could start a debate with my environmental friends about which is better in the long-run. we didn't have the time or the money to go on a full-blown african safari, but our day trip did the trick.

the place we visited: http://www.chaminuka.com/. 

i bought a book about the owner and all he has done in africa, but sadly, still have not gotten around to reading it!