Arrival in Livingstone

After a very long car ride of approximately 7 hours from Lusaka to Livingstone, we finally made it to our final destination and home for the next two years. It had felt for sometime like the day would never come!

Our house in Livingstone is pretty comfortable with 3 large bedrooms (so plenty of room for visitors) and a basic kitchen and living area.

Our house comes with a few other features including a dog Simba (he actually belongs to our landlord but spends a lot of time lounging on our front porch), countless geckos and “flat spiders”, all harmless and incredibly fast and red dust absolutely everywhere. I don’t think I am going to have proper clean feet now for the next two years.



We have only been here a few days and have found electricity and water to be a tad “sporadic” however the water issue should disappear once the wet season begins in about another month. In the meantime good preparation for unscheduled events will hopefully get us through.

Mike and I were both very fortunate to get up some time off from our employers to settle in and take care of a few logistics. Our first couple of days were mostly spent cleaning our house and buying some of the basics. Then we had some time to sort out internet, phone, a local bank account, etc. Some of the logistics have been a little frustrating to complete, some are still in progress, but I guess we’ll get there! However I am going to have to work on my patience a little more.

We have also been incredibly fortunate to have the hospitality of another Australian couple also volunteering here in Livingstone. They have so far cooked up a couple of great dinners and given us further advice on work, local life as well as travel.

So far, I think I am going to like Livingstone.