We had two days after the Lusaka seminar before leaving for home, so we stayed at a private game lodge.
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It was built by a couple from Cyprus about 30 years ago as a farm, but has been a lodge for the last decade.
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It has great architecture and lots of artwork inside and on the grounds.
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This is a view of the lodge from across the lake. Our room was in the building on the right.
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Some of the pictures they had collected.
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They had a big collection of books in their library too.
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Karen wanted to "acquire" this bird sculpture.
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I think the boat is art too, or an artifact.
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These are copper ore from northern Zambia.
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Karen in a chair carved with baboons.
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A leopard skin on the floor.
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And a zebra skin in our room.
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The open air lounge.
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We spent a lot of time there as it had the best WiFi reception - which was pretty good!
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The look over the deck, pool and lake.
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We visited their cheese factory and tasted cheese.
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Chaminuka had many herds of antelope of several varieties. They routinely thinned the herd by hunting for food, for the visitors and the lions they kept.
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Thisi s a trail of migrating black ants. Off to the side, you can see some guarding the others.
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This is a termite mound, very old, but still alive.
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The termites build big mounds. They only eat dead trees so most mounds have trees growing on them.
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Female impala on a termite mound. Our first night, dinner was a roast leg of impala. Tasty!
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A wart hog hiding in the grass near their cheese factory.
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Impalas on the move.
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We must have spooked them.
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They had a few giraffes too.
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Classic Africa.
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A sable antelope, this is a female.
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Note the odd antlers on this sable antelope.
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A kudu. We had kudu steaks for lunch.
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Karen with a papaya tree in their garden.
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