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Zambia

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I went to Kenya again and Zambia for the first time. It was a quick trip for work. I did four days of research transparency presentations (IPA, APHRC/CARTA, and MCA Zambia) and then went to Livingstone and Victoria Falls for fun. George's cousins Evening runs after the Kenya workshop featured zebras, wildebeest, and gazelles It sucks to be so close to where the coffee beans are grown and yet have to drink crap imported instant the entire trip. (And it's a real economic problem, since sub-Saharan Africa does little value-added processing of its natural resource exports.) A tad better than a skunky Tusker I had earlier in the trip Incredible Big Africa can do thunderclouds Met up with my friend Francis, who CDT folks may remember. Francis is visiting every county in Africa and climbing the highest peak in each. OK, here are some more Vic Falls pics. Monkey with a View I also took a 15-minute flight over the fall