New Year Greetings from Chikankata, rural Zambia! Our long awaited family holiday has just happened after our third year of stay in Zambia. And it was fantastic!! Here are few photos of the happenings during our holiday.
Father and children playing with sun, sea, and sand in the early hours of the morning 
Sun set at Sandy Beach Lodge, Siavonga where my family and Lt.Col. Davidson Varghese's family spend most of our time
Out in the dark at night, the candle does not stop burning to light our path
Holiday run! near Chikankata Dam
The foot of Mabetubwe Hills near Chikankata, we park our vehicle and get ready for a climb
Melissa and Marcus are tougher than a father's assumption of them. They are all set to GO!
Rocks everywhere! Chikankata and its surrounding area from Mabetubwe Hills
The summit! Adrenalin flows high after such an achievement
Halfway the summit. A little moment of rest is well deserved. Jennifer, a medical student from UK is one of the team members during the climb!
Relax! This is Sandy Beach, Siavonga, Zambia. The Sandy Beach Lodge is on the banks of one of the largest man-made lake in the world called Lake Kariba, made by diverting waters of the Zambezi River. It's a wonder that while Zambia is a landlocked country they manage to have nice beaches purely out of sheer determination and hard work. The electricity generated by the Dam is even exported to its neighbouring countries. We make our holiday here
I swim again since I last did wayback in 1993 while in Blue Mount School, Behliangchhip, Jampui Hills. And I am glad I still know the basics!
Building sand castles
Row, Row, Row your boat!
Merily, Merily on the sand!
Playing shuttle
Mapuii & Lt. Col. Mariama Varghese. You can see they don't starve and Zambia does them no 'harm'!
Beach run!
Melissa and Marcus proudly display their catch of small fish
Mother and children explore the shoreline
A son has many questions which a mother has to explain
It's my turn to take them around
Eagerly waiting for a boat cruise
And finally it happens! Scary but safe in his father's arms
Lt. Col. Davidson Varghese and his daughter Edna playing a game of Chess. Such a wonderful moment!
Cricket on a beach! Very odd. No spinner (including Muralitharan) will ever succeed in bowling a single spin
Skinning a goat! It's no less challenging than my daily work in the operating room
Stage-setting for an evening Braai! The Colonel and his son Edward seem to subscribe to my suggestions
The Braai actually happens on the shore while the cool breeze blows gently
The"King Crocodile", Marcus names it, as it is the biggest among the crocs we find in the farm. They are in great demand not for their meat but for their skin
The nursery group
Crocodiles everywhere!
No lesser brave than the late Steve Irwin, the Crocodile Hunter!
Good Morning Hippos! One of the early mornings these two hippos came very close to the shore near our cabin. A very good morning for us indeed! We felt lucky
The beds where we rest for the nights after our activity-filled days
Let's get ready for a safari next time!
14 comments:
Lots of nice pics, no surprise its after four months. Congratulations for having such an enjoyable holidays with other Indian friends.
Once again Happy new year - May peace, joy and happiness abide with you and your family in this new year of 2010.
@Kiamlova & Puii: Ah! You have noticed it. I just feel lazy to post these days. My last post before this was on October 2009. When I look back at statistics, while I had 24 posts in 2008, I only had 11 posts in all in 2009, not even half that of the preceding year. However, this happens in spite of me having interesting items to post. Let's see what happen this year!
My latest post only took me 1 hour to complete, not 4 months as one may think. Ha Ha ha!
Happy New Year!
Mipa naupang te hi ka va duh em! Ka ha a tiziau!! Mipa naupang ka lawm hi a la reh thei lo.
Tun hi in chhungkaw nawm lai leh hlim lai (ber) a nih ka ring. Pa ba leh fa ban a intiah thuau tawh hi chuan chhungkua hi fel thuau mai a, nuihna tur a tam tawh thin lo.
Thlalak mawi tak takte hi hmuh ava nuam em.
Hmuh in nuam hle mai, a hmun mawina piahlama chhungkaw hlim rawn lang hian en a ti nuam zual. Happy New Year
Pics ka hmu kim theilo na in, ka hmuh theih te an tha hlawm khawp mai. Mahni awmna hmun apiang ah hlim taka Mas in hmang thei hi a lawm awm e. Kun Thar chibai leh Duhsakna ka hlan a che u.
@fela=i ti lawmawm e, ni e kan fate hian min thlim kher asin! Awze kara awm ta chu tunah pawh kan thian kawm ngeih berte an ni tawh pang asin.
@lianchhiari=chhungkaw hlim thei ber chu kan ni ngai lo ang tih hre chungin, chumi nei tur chuan kan theihtawp erawh kan chhuah ve a. Chhungkaw hlim siam hi nu leh pa mawhphurhnaah kan ngai ve hmiah. I ti lawmawm lutuk.
@daniel=i mi lawmpuina leh duhsakna avangin kan va lawm tak em! Kum thar chibai tha ber in chhungin kan hlan che u.
Picture nalh hlawm hle mai, Buai tak leh hah taka kum thum lai i thawh hnu-a Holiday i hmang thei chu ka lawmpui a che, kum tharah a ngai te-in buai leh ang a...
Kumthar chibai in chhungin ka buk a che u.
@ varte=Kum thar chibai. Buai hi a lo nuam ber e. Buaipui ngaia awm ai chuan buaipuitu nih hi a vannehthlak zawk si a. Pathian hruaina chang zel ang che.
@Dr Thiam I pic an mawi in an nalh ngei mai .a nawm hmel khawp hlawm mai .in kel puah dan kha a letling kan ti ve ngawt hahahaha.
Kan Zoram riangte ai pawh in African ram te hi an lo nawm hmel zawk daih a nih hi Tuipui kam vel hi kei pawh nuam ka ti in hun neih chuan kal fo ka duh trhin.
Naupang te nen a chhang chhia tak a Beach vel a han kal hi a nuam teh a nia kan in um deuh reng mai a hlim awm tak a sin.
Leh lawk @Dr Jampui chhuak maw i nih kha 1994 khan ka rawn kal ve nual tawh a sin Silchar road block lai khan Vanghmunah khan kan thleng trhin .Kanchanpur thleng te kan kal trhin .bungrua phur in .
@hmingtea=i lo leng lut ve khiah a, i va tilawmawm ve! Kan kel puah dan a letling maw?! Ka lo hre reng reng hlei nem. A awlsam khawp asin, tikhian a vun kan pawt hik zur zur mai thin asin!
I sawi ang hian helai Africa ram rethei te pawh hian Zoram ai chuan kawngpui an nei tha zawk a, tlangram hmunah te pawh an 4-lane. Tupa emawin 'rul ngan ngum ang zarin' a tih leh Laloo-an 'Hema Malini hmai anga mamin' a tih te chu a takin an chang bik a.
He kan holiday hmanna hmun pawh hi lui luang an khuah chawp, chumi tui tling atanga beach leh thliarkar te pawh hi lo nei thei ta an ni. He tuikhuah atanga electric power a thar chhuah chu Zambia hian Zimbabwe leh South Africa-ah te a hralh chhuak ve a. Sangha hmanga eizawnna hna tam tak a generate bawk.
Jampui-a i lo kal lai 1994 chuan Vanghmuna St Thomas School-ah Class 9 ka zir mek. Chhim lama Vanghmun khaw thenawm Behliangchhip kha kan khua chu a ni. Jampui chu nuam i ti ve emaw?
1989 kum khan Suangpuilawnah kel mmin lo talh sak a lom mo le tih ngaihna vak an hre lova kan puah sak anih kha a kap kha ka thaitret a a mal thleng ve ve in aletling zawngin ka khai a ka pawtlip mai chu thiam min ti teh a sin vai kel talh hmu trhang ka lo ni ve bawk nen.
Miram te chuan thlalerah te dil an siam a thlai an ching hring dup zel thei a keini ram ah ve khi chuan dawhkan ah an siam thei vek mai hi roupi tak a sin hahaha
Jampui chu nuam ka ti ve khawp mai
kan thlenin ber chu pu Zothana ni ta in ka hria.
@hmingtea: I thlen in pa Pu Zothana (Vanghmun) hi ka nupui putea (Mapuii nu nutapa)alawm!!
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