After dreaming of the more than 1000-year-old baobab tree during the night, our journey continues in Zambia in the morning.
Velocity of light was certainly not invented at the border between Zimbabwe and Zambia. You have to be patient here, even though the border officials are particularly strict when it comes to checking incoming transporters.
In Livingstone, about 10 km from the border, we find a city that is considered Zambia’s tourism capital, but you wouldn’t know it at first glance. On our historical city tour, we get to know some of the hidden sights, such as Zambia’s first pharmacy. But we are also captivated by the present: for the first time we pass an open-air market. As a clearly recognizable group of tourists, we are an object of desire for the traders.
In the afternoon, we visit the Wayi Wayi Gallery run by the Yombwe family of artists. Agness and her husband Lawrence are both well-known artists in Zambia, with their painting styles being rather different. I find the Yombwe workshops even more exciting than the gallery and especially their introduction into the wise Mbusa marriage rituals.
The next suggestion is unexpected: Agness suggests that we pick up paintbrushes and have a go …
Karin