Tag Archives: 4×4
Halfway to nowhere. Part 1
The calls of night-jar and owl punctuate the stillness of the hours before dawn. Four in the morning and the man who lights the fires under the hot water boilers has been and gone. I lie, wishing for sleep, knowing … Continue reading
Posted in If you only read one ..., Zambia
Tagged 4x4, Africa, Chipata, Great East Road, Luangwa Bridge, Lusaka, miombo woodland, Nyimba, Travel, Zambia
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On soap, water and being worth it
We’re bumping along a track through scrubby woodland in a because-we-need-it four-by-four. It’s the end of a dehydrating day spent working in a haze of heat and orange dust. Digging, sieving, scraping. Tstetse flies biting through clothing, sweat bees dipping … Continue reading
Posted in Thinking, or ranting, or both, Zambia
Tagged 4x4, age, Archaeology, shower gel, skin, soap, Travel, water, youth, Zambia
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MEMOIRS OF A HUSK 