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Monthly Archives: July 2014

Africa

Accident: Hospitalisation in Zambia

13 July 2014 Stephen Armitage Leave a comment

The epic journey from my crash site to the flight. 3 cancelled operations, 3 hospital transfers and finally i get evacuated out of Zambia.

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MV Liemba, Lake Tanganyika, Tanzania

2 July 2014 Stephen Armitage Leave a comment

I’d heard about a pre-first world war German vessel still plying its trade up and down Lake Tanganyika from Kigoma in Tanzania to Mpulungu in Zambia. Having failed to find any cast-iron information, i headed to Kigoma, the MV Liemba’s home port to see if it was running…

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Steve Armitage and Tony Howes make it to Cape Aghulas • <a style="font-size:0.8em;" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/50948792@N02/15267060891/" target="_blank">View on Flickr</a>
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