The Tour Guide - Victor Hambayi

23/10/2023

Here’s to Zambia’s 59th birthday

12/06/2023

Leading it to safety

27/12/2022

I have reached 500 followers! Thank you for your continued support. I could not have done it without each of you. 🙏🤗🎉

03/10/2022

How i represent my Zambia

14/09/2022

... current situation...
On C28 from Windhoek to sSwakomund

13/09/2022

At this point i offloaded all bikes for my cycling team.I would then pick them at 0 kilometer.This has been the routine since i left Victoria Falls on Wednesday.Im yet to highlight the tour when we get to Swakopmund on Friday.
Let me say that so far we have cycled thru national parks and engaged in communities along the route.It is a great experience for my team.
At almost 3500 kilometer today,Etosha surprised us with banded mongoose at Namutoni.They came in numbers out of a burrow to welcome us at a toilet stop.Then came Impala, zebra, lioness,more zebra,wilderbeast, springbok and two rhinos half a kilometer from Halali gate.I later had one surprise, meeting my overland buddy Gladman.Had it been a few years earlier,we could...i won't say for now.Next day a lando pulled in and who do i see Arthur.
Tonight i get a bit of luxury...wash away the dust before dinner but not the memories.

14/06/2022

14/06/2022

I recall juicy story times in my childhood.
Before we could write, humanity shared knowledge through stories .But now that social media has become our modern digital campfire,let us share those great stories or experiences trapped in our heads.The phase of covid forced so many of us to use digital devices to search for information.But if your experience is still trapped in your head it will be of no help to millions that may be searching for a solution.Through this digital campfire we can build audiences that are thirsty for knowledge.
Those in Livingstone,together we can simultaneously free our heads as well as alcohol trapped in bottles...BBQ night is an option... #

09/04/2022

At the summit of a dune right where the Namib desert meets the Atlantic ocean

11/03/2022

Despite my love for nature,im a Liverpool fan and this has been evident even when i travel.I will never walk alone

22/06/2021

Missing normal travel

10/05/2021

THE HANDSHAKE
The african handshake,as with dancing,if you don't know the moves.You may end up fumbling rather than achieving the perfectly choreographed embrace.
I recall how on tour my clients were baffled by the handshake protocol,but by the time our tour was ending either in Capetown or Victoria Falls, would have grasped the basics and would be our farewell salutation.

Before covid,the gesture was a tradition performed as a greeting or when leaving.With covid, the greeting has changed to hitting fists.The handshake is perhaps one of the older forms of introductory communication.A popular theory is that it begins as a way of relaying peaceful intentions.A person would extend their empty right hand to show the stranger that they were not holding any weapons and did not have I'll towards them.Footbal, basketball players, political parties have their own way of 'handshake'.

How did coronavirus kill the handshake and the hug?Hands are the phenomenal vector for disease because they're are warm and wet.This is the reason we're encouraged to wash hands frequently.The hi5 and hugs have slowly evaporated due to coronavirus.

If touch disappears,how shall we rebuild our social lives?How shall we acknowledge each other seeing that our mouths are covered with masks.

In a social or professional setting,a handshake reveals a lot about the type of person you are and how you feel in the situation you're in.
Covid has altered the way we live, interact and socialize.

Since the virus was detected in Wuhan,China.Travel and tourism was one of the finest sectors to be affected by covid.The entire value chain that defines the industry has been hit hard, airlines,bus companies,hotels,tour operators and others.As guides in the industry we're grappling with increasing fragility and mitigation flows.The industry demands more complex service delivery requirements and greater transparency.

23/03/2021

BREAKING NEWS: Destination Livingstone is proud to introduce…

"MOSI-OA-TUNYA"

Today marks the first day of our new four month campaign to boost Livingstone as a destination within Zambia’s domestic travel market.

‘Mosi-Oa-Tunya’ is a well known phrase for the iconic Victoria Falls, one of the seven natural wonders of the world, yet it means so much more than just “the smoke that thunders” to us. It represents the heartbeat of Zambia; reconnecting and rerooting in domestic travel, supporting local and appreciating what our beautiful country has to offer.

Livingstone is not just a city, an area, a place on a map or simply a collection of things and people. Rather it is a living, breathing story, one that entwines and encompasses everything we have to offer and inspires and engages all those who choose to call it home.

Follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram as we take you on a journey over the next four months and unpack what there is to do, to see and to experience in one of Africa’s most beautiful areas… Destination Livingstone.

Share your pride for Mosi-Oa-Tunya by reposting this to your profiles, and watch this space for an exciting competition launching SOON!

www.destinationlivingstone.org

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19/03/2021

Cape Town comes to life over the weekend, and this one is no different! Find things to do this weekend.

09/03/2021

A termite is a dreaded pest to have on your property.These pests,jenkenene in my language,can silently turn your favourite furniture or wooden structure into their food source.
The termite life cycle can result in three different types,the reproductive, workers and soldiers.Even though termites are one of the most dangerous types of pest infestation that homes can get,they will not contaminate your food or spread disease like other pests.Termites feed on dead plants and trees.They get nutritients from cellulose,an organic fibre found in wood and plant. Wood makes up the majority of the termites diet although they can eat other materials such as plastic or paper.
As destructive as they seem, these pests help to decompose dead trees and turn them back into fertile soil which can help forests regrow faster.In addition they aerate the soil which can help water and nutrients to reach the roots.
There aren't many insects or indeed anything that can decompose trees and almost any plant like termites can,so if there weren't insects like termites,it's assumed that forests might not survive.
Despite that, the nutritional benefits are huge.Termites are rich in iron, calcium, essential acids and amino acids.The insects can be enjoyed sun dried,fryed or smoked in banana leaves.As human population is increasing towards 8billion, feeding all these hungry humans will become difficult.People will have no choice but to consume insects.This sounds bizarre,but eating insects is neither strange or disgusting nor exotic.We eat finkubala (mopani worms),inswa ,nshonkonono (grasshopper),these are popular snacks.
But what was great about termites in our childhood, was the mounds where we gathered clay to mould toys.That is where our artistic side was revealed.Toys were a luxury,so we either made them from wires or clay.Back in the village,an anthill was a resource to build a home. The men were required to do the structure and the women would fill mud between the sticks to make a wall similar to that of concrete.As can be seen,the clay is mixed with cowdung for that fine finish.The decorative finish is different from each region as it tells cultural heritage.Southern Africa to East Africa and West Africa all show different patterns.

09/02/2021

The black jack,known as nakasokopyo in bemba,one of Zambias 72 tribes.Is used as a medicinal plant in many regions of africa.I couldn't agree with the statement as the memories of this plant are that of it sticking to my socks in my primary life and later as a tour guide when on field trips.
While i cleaned my shoes this morning, there was a number of them stuck.I was amazed or rather shocked to learn that nakasokopyo(black jack) posses antiseptic and antiinflammatory benefits.I read on that it's scientific name is Bidens pilosa.The plant origin is in Southern America but is common in tropical areas of the world.It is recorded as a w**d in cultivated land but little did i know it was used as a veggie or pot herb in many african countries.The fruit is unpleasant, hairy and able to pe*****te rapidly through several layers of cloth as it did to my sneakers.That is how seed dispasal is done naturally,wild animals too help spread seed.Im so certain most of you have experienced this too.
In areas where it is cultivated, harvest is 4-6 weeks after sowing when the plant is 15-30cm high.The young plants are said to be of high food value although the leaf has a stringent taste.Roots, leaves and seed have been reported to posses antiseptic and anti-inflammatory properties.Leaves have been reported to be helpful in treating many ailments such as anthritis, abdominal trouble, headache and diarrhea etc.
And before i forget,some friends i won't mention would stick the fruit to eyes lashes to scare younger siblings not to follow us to the fields after sweet potatoes was harvested.There we would excavate the remaining sweet potato and bake it.Not baking in the sense of using an electric stove.One of us would dig a shallow hole, depending on what one has collected,and light a fire after the hole is lightly covered with soil.The soil would act as foil paper.Oh ,our childhood was great.So if we had catapults,we went target practicing under the tree while waiting for the sweet potatoes to cook.Lucky ones would kill birds that could supplement meat at home cos we just had a small piece each.Meat was quite a luxury,apples we never even saw other than learning about them in the alphabet.
Do you have any childhood experience you would like to share?I'm sure so many would like to 'hear' the adventures in our tender ages.