The drive to Lusaka was uneventful until we hit the chaos of Lusaka. Fortunately, Google Maps didn’t disappoint, and we were able to find our pit stop for the next two nights, Ibex Blue Short Term Apartment Rentals.
We had a nice two-bedroom apartment in a well-fortified compound, and it was great because we were a five-minute drive from a shopping mall with a Shoprite for grocery shopping and a really cool bar nearby.
We had a late lunch of chicken wings at a so-so bar (we hadn’t found the cool bar that was recommended yet), and then picked up a couple of pizzas to have for dinner back at our apartment, followed by an early evening after watching some very entertaining Zambian soap operas on TV.
The following day, during a much-needed long walk, we found Grandaddy’s, THE place in this neck of the woods. We had a great lunch there, shopped at a nearby Shoprite for our next six nights of camping, and then proceeded back to Grandaddy’s for some very affordable beers and dinner.
Next stop: the town of Chirundu on the Zambian-Zimbabwean border for an overnighter at Breezes River Lodge.