Our first week in Zambia had been productive. The plan for the second week was to leave Lusaka and travel to the Copperbelt province a few hours drive north of the capital. We’d been staying in a cheap and basic guesthouse in Lusaka which, whilst close to NMEC, was not the most restful. By our […]

In many ways, Namibia had been a perfect start to our trip. We had time to meet and talk with people in Windhoek and beyond and had visited a malaria clinic in the north. With every conversation and experience our understanding of the challenges of malaria in the country was growing. Through our conversations with […]

Northern Namibia is one of the best places on the planet to spot large animals. Hippo, crocodiles, ostrich and zebra all flock to the watering holes here. Elephants are also quite common, and we were  lucky enough to see some out the windows of our Land Rover as we drove the six hours from Rundu […]

We arrived in Walvis Bay on the west coast of Namibia a week ago. Walvis Bay is one of the main ports on the south-west coast of Africa, linking the Atlantic ocean to the interior via the Trans Caprivi Highway. Although it’s a relatively small town, it’s a major port and has been an important […]