But Why Zambian Safaris and Tourism?

Written by Enestle Zimba


…Because Zambian safaris are Africa's best kept secrets! They’ve made Zambiarepparttar most enticing destination in African safari today.

Livingstone in Zambia is now acclaimed, and rightly so,repparttar 133757 southern Africa Adventure Centre!

The World Tourism Organisation (WTO) has ranked Zambia as Africa's No 1 emerging tourist destination.

The UK 2004 Trends and Spends Survey also awarded Zambiarepparttar 133758 No 10 ranking inrepparttar 133759 "best long-haul destinations". At No 10 Zambia isrepparttar 133760 only other African country inrepparttar 133761 top ten ranking

Zambia,repparttar 133762 Land

Covering a total surface area of 752,614 square kilometers, Zambia is a large country. It is slightly larger than Texas State inrepparttar 133763 USA or slightly larger than France and Belgium combined. Zambia is generally a high plateau averaging between 1,060 metres (3,500 ft) and 1,363 metres (4,500 ft) above sea level. This makesrepparttar 133764 country’s weather mild and pleasant.

Zambia’s water surface is 11,890 square kilometers equivalent to 2% ofrepparttar 133765 land surface. The water bodies are mainly fromrepparttar 133766 three natural lakes in northern Zambia. The fourth is inrepparttar 133767 south,repparttar 133768 exciting man-made Lake Kariba. When commissioned in 1957 Lake Kariba wasrepparttar 133769 largest man-made lake inrepparttar 133770 world. It measures 280 kilometres long and 40 kilometres at it’s widest.

Zambia,repparttar 133771 People

There are over 73 dialects spoken in Zambia, butrepparttar 133772 official language is English. All media and business is in English and most Zambians speak it fairly well. Out ofrepparttar 133773 73 ethnic groups (tribes) 20 celebrate special cultural ceremonies on an annual basis. These manifest customs, social life, rituals, oral history, material and spiritual culture. Visitors are welcome to watch these ceremonies.

Chicago Traffic Reports

Written by Theresa Carter


Listening to a traffic report in Chicago is like hearing a MCSE professional talk about firewalls and proxy servers. You somehow know that what's being said is important and you should know what it is, but he or she might as well be speaking in binary code. After being in Chicago awhile you learnrepparttar terms you need to know, but if you're visiting or just moved to Chicago it seems like you'll never get it! Traffic reports use names, butrepparttar 133756 maps and signs use numbers.

Briefly, here are what those names are referring to, so next time you hear "20 minutes outbound fromrepparttar 133757 split to O'Hare" you'll know that's a GOOD thing!

Outbound: Leaving downtown

Inbound: Heading downtown

The Kennedy: I-90 and I-94 together north ofrepparttar 133758 Loop (approx.I-290). I-90 continues to berepparttar 133759 Kennedy afterrepparttar 133760 Split until O'Hare

The Split/The Junction: When I-90 and I-94 break off from each other north ofrepparttar 133761 Loop. I-90 heads to O'Hare and I-94 heads northeast.

Edens Expressway: I-94 north ofrepparttar 133762 Split Lake Cook Road

Lake Cook Road: East-west street that marksrepparttar 133763 borders of Lake and Cook Counties onrepparttar 133764 north side

Northwest Tollway: I-90 north of O'Hare to Wisconsin

Dan Ryan Expressway: I-90 and I-94 together south ofrepparttar 133765 Loop

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