Not ALONE anymore, Overlanding Zambia // EP. 47

Zambia, the sixth country in Africa we're crossing on our overland tour around the world.
But one thing changed we're not alone anymore, my (Kai) Family is visitng us and will follow us around in Zambia. We put an exciting plan together for the next two weeks, visiting National Parks, driving offroad, wild camping / bush camping and much more. But to get started we first need to pick them up in the capital Lusaka, therefore we need to cross half the country, going from Chipata to Lusaka. Then get the rental Car and practice driving in African on the great east road of Zambia.
The rental company set us up with several challenges including the Not so reliable Toyota Prado…
Enjoy the Ride!
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About our Chanel:
We, Kai & Irati from Germany and Spain, are currently on a full-time Overland journey. We quit our jobs, our apartment and left Germany mid of March 2022. We traveled all the way from Germany to Zambia, and had amazing experiences for the last year. Follow us in season 2 where we will be exploring the Middle East and Africa!
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X-Vision-X PopTop (roof Tent)
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GMB "Esel" roof rack
GMB long range fuel tank
GMB Sandboards
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DIY Custom outdoor shower
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[@satishpatel5260]

CHABWINO 👌 TWAHLUMBHA, ZIKHOMO 👉🇿🇲👍

[@blanemh]

Ah Africa > Having your wits and humour about you are a necessity . I am from South Africa and i am enjoyning watching your travels.

[@Thebluelandy]

So true! Traveling around Africa teaches you so much about how to deal with unexpected stuff and keep your cool.

[@teslolo6687]

Espectaculares los Videos !!! Saludos desde Asunción del Paraguay Sud América

[@Thebluelandy]

Muchísimas gracias! Super contentos de que los disfrutes 🤩 nos vemos por Paraguay en 3-4 meses 😉

[@davegreenwood1663]

You got dealing with the police ,down to a fine art.Bravo.

[@Thebluelandy]

Actually, I (Kai) have to admit I have fun dealing with them. We didn’t pay any fees, bribes, or handed out things in over a year traveling. We hope this helps others in future!

[@frank-lr]

​@@Thebluelandy It definitely does! I tend to get very angry indeed when someone tries to bullshit me. Which isn't always the best reaction ;-) So, more good examples for me to learn from, please :-)

[@satishpatel5260]

Lovely GIRRAFFS 🦒🦒🦒

[@Thebluelandy]

Yeah they were so pretty

[@satishpatel5260]

Welcome, ZIKHOMO, TWAHLUMBHA 👉🌍👌👍

[@bertplank9892]

Thornicrofts giraffe a sub species unique to the Zambia area. The Rothschilds Giraffe is generally found in the Kenyan area......and are known for their greedy nature.

[@leeloo21231234]

I stumbled on your channel by accident and after one video, I decided to watch all the episodes. While I also travel by car and camp as often as possible, I can't start full time travel yet. Look like you have a great time and there are a lot of great tips. Thank you. Good luck !

[@Thebluelandy]

Hey, thank you so much, that’s a huge compliment! What’s your favorite episode and why? I hope you can also start soon with your travels! It took us also a long time, to save up money and build the car, until we were at the point to hit the road. Keep working hard 😅

[@leeloo21231234]

@@Thebluelandy hmm not sure I have a favourite, I like how you present the good and the bad, I understand your struggle to find remote places. I would say the most spectacular views were during the desert travel. This is why I travel like I do as well, not because I really like to go on the muddiest road, but to get to the more remote beautiful places. To start full time traveling - 2 things are stopping us, first is the fact that we have a kid with 3 more years of high school to do, and also we hope by the time he finishes school, we will be able to take 6 months of unpaid leave without losing the jobs we have (me and my wife). We are not so young anymore and after we got trough many economic crisis it is hard to just quit the good job you have, we are not so courageous like you, and at a certain age you can have issues finding a new job. Enough savings and a vehicle we already have - a 4 door Jeep wrangler with a small off road trailer. Thank you again for the videos and I appreciate the time you put in to present us your adventures.

[@r3_tt]

i stumbled upon this channel at eoisode 37....I've now been binge watching from the very start!!! I love it...raw authentic and very well length videos

[@Thebluelandy]

Thank you so much!! Which one is your favorite so far? 🤩Any feedback, please let us know, it helps is a lot to improve future videos 🙌

[@laurentnicolas1550]

Great to have your family with you for a while and to share your day to day life with them ! They must be proud !!

[@Thebluelandy]

Yeah, it was great to see them and share some adventures, considering that we’re almost a year on the road.

[@sirabh]

Just imagine without humans in entire Africa. Adventure and adventure to its peak!!!!!!

[@Thebluelandy]

No humans in Africa-> full with animals everywhere. But not really any real path to drive around, humans made it possible to drive in such a manner!

[@fritzdeuces]

@@Thebluelandy You didn't like this comment 😱

[@Kenyan_Zoomer]

WTF are you even saying

[@marxbilinkulu6933]

Enjoy and drive safe and stay healthy

[@Thebluelandy]

Thank you!

[@marxbilinkulu6933]

Yes your not alone. I followed you from Malawi now your in Zambia, from here where to hope Botswana if not Kenya

[@Thebluelandy]

We came from Kenya 😉 and yes we will pay Botswana a short visit

[@12kerryman]

Enjoy

[@Thebluelandy]

We did!!! Thank you 🤩

[@dinkaman2160pukka]

lol!!! I had the most amazing experience with Zambia police in 2018, I will never forget! Allegedly I was doing 42 in a 20 zone, the officer stopped me and told me to go and see the police lady in the car which was parked a few meters away, still sleeping she asked, "how much", she did not even look at me, eyes closed, I am not kidding, I said, "madam, I only have 30 kwacha", she said "put it in my hand" - yep still eyes closed - LOL!!!! Amazing.

[@Thebluelandy]

Lol!!! That's an amazing story 😳 please, don't tell me, it was in the T2 towards Chirundu, because Kai had a similar situation with the police lady at one of the radar checkpoints. He made the mistake of waiking her up 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@frank-lr]

@@Thebluelandy 😅Still sleeping since 2018 - #sleepingbeautyzambia

[@dinkaman2160pukka]

@@Thebluelandy it was on the way from Lusaka to Chilanga. LOL!!!

[@goku.lc80]

Genius solution for the missing roof top tent poles 😂😂

[@Thebluelandy]

You gotta be creative in the bush 😂

[@IddoRoscher]

Danke für das video. Thanks for your video. Planning on coming to Zambia in the future and will hire a car then, can you give the name of this rental company, so I can avoid the trouble.

[@Thebluelandy]

Hey Iddo, we had a car from Fair Car Hire. I think we were just unlucky with the car, and we don’t have any information on the performance of the other rental companies. It was in general difficult to get a car in wet season without having the car company organizing a trip for you…. They where all afraid we would break the car by doing water crossings and such. Good luck with your trip, Zambia is beautiful!

[@IddoRoscher]

@@Thebluelandy Danke !

[@adamzim]

are you guys headed to Victoria falls ? its a beautiful spot but very touristy and $$

[@Thebluelandy]

Don’t want to spoiler but could you possibly miss that spot?

[@THE_WORLD_TODAY]

When are u coming to KENYA?

[@Thebluelandy]

Hey, we entered Africa though Kenya, check out our older videos. And let us know what you think on our take on Kenya

[@jasonfelix5545]

Strange to see a South African Prado in Zambia.

[@Thebluelandy]

🤔

[@bertplank8011]

South African stolen vehicles often ended up in Lusaka....this may still be the case??.

[@Thebluelandy]

@@bertplank8011 We think that the story might be different. One week before the pickup they already informed us they had trouble with the car they were planning to give us (problems with alternator) and they mentioned a couple of times they might need to get one car from another rental company in South Africa to don't leave is stranded. We never gave it a thought, we only knew we needed a car.

[@grahames9228]

A stand off with giraffes, that's not something you will experience very often.

[@Thebluelandy]

Absolutely not, we were so lucky!! Our first animals we saw in the wild were also giraffes in Kenya, and that moment was super special for us, it made us realize we, indeed, arrived in Africa. It was therefore also pretty special that our family saw their first animals as well on the side of the road, and it was a superb start to some epic time in NPs.

[@snowball6175]

You are the first overlander who I have watch complain about "a lot of people"!!!. What is your problem? Could it be racism?

[@Thebluelandy]

Hello, what you say is really surprising me. I don’t know many Overlanders that drive from urban area to urban area. Overlanding in our mind is a search for wild, untouched and remote places.

[@snowball6175]

@@Thebluelandy Red herring? Take a cue from my complaint or you may turn some of us off. BTW there are many overlanders out there too

[@Thebluelandy]

Hi again! Sorry if we misinterpreted your comment. We prefer to travel to remote and unpopulated areas, in Europe, Asia or Africa! Race doesn't have anything to do here. Why do you mention it? Do you see something we don't? I am genuinely curious and open to learn about your thoughts 🤗🤗

[@snowball6175]

@@Thebluelandy Why do I mention it? Because that is the only way I can explain it. When a white woman drives into an African country and is complaining about too many people... incidentally 4xoverland and others have been there many times but never once did I hear any of them say that.

[@dumanimjo609]

Aaah yes, the LC Prado 150. A vehicle driven by those with not a single adventurous bone in their body. A vehicle so dull and dreary that it can turn any journey, even one through the heart of Africa, into a snooze-fest. This vehicle is second only to it's younger brother the Fortuner on the boring scale.

[@Thebluelandy]

Hahaha 😂 You might be right! But still I think it was a ok choice for some first time Overlanders or Offroad drivers. And It did surprisingly well in the tougher bits. But I would never buy one 😅

[@bertplank8011]

But generally reliable...

[@BEAM0781]

Hey guys, I've enjoyed you episodes so far but in this episodes I heard something disturbing and maybe it's my fault I didn't quite understand what you meant as I understand english is not your native language. I've heard you calling those mechanics 'drunk', now obviously if they manage to fix your car they were not that drunk and even so why would you choose to call them stereotype names with a colonial contempt ? Didn't you go there with an open mind to learn about other cultures? Then I hear you complaining about the pot holes, don't you guys have an off-roader ? Are you guys judging the world by german autobahn standards?

[@Thebluelandy]

Thank you for your comment. I think is important to clarify, as we don't show any other background information of the scene. The guys were smelling like alcohol and they needed somebody driving them (looked like the wife of one of them) to our hostel, workshop and back. So yes, it's a fact that they were drunk. We were happy that they showed up at this time to fix the car! Critisizing them or the rental company comes form the standpoint that our family paid a lot of money for a rental car that was not only delivered late, but broken and incomplete. This by all standards around the world is just a bad service. Regarding the potholes, we take it with humor! And trust me (Irati) I think German Autobahn should never be the gold standard, it's awful.

[@frank-lr]

oh dear... In what world is calling someone who actually _is_ drunk 'stereotypical' or 'colonial'? 🥱As for potholes, it seems YOU have never driven a longer stretch of severely 'potholed' roads. Been to Ireland? Iceland? Italy? It's strenous and dangerous and even the locals hate it. So if YOU see anything derogatory here, it's probably just how YOU see things. Also your last sentence is ridiculous, if not offending, given what Kai and Irati have experienced so far.

[@BEAM0781]

​@@frank-lr I suggest you calm down, stop trolling and read my comment again as it is clear to me you didn't quite understand ..

[@frank-lr]

@@BEAM0781 I did read your comment twice before commenting. Read it again and it still comes across as being arrogant.

[@russellhulley8268]

Democracy and freedom of speech

[@grahameroberts8109]

Older engines need 5w40. Watch LRTIME. “Continue on your trip. I forgive you”. Lol 🦘🙏😘

[@Thebluelandy]

Hey Grahame! In Europe LR is recommending 5w30 🤔 yeah the policeman was hilarious 😂

[@raymondkekana6313]

Bribe is an official language in Zambian roads

[@Thebluelandy]

@@raymondkekana6313 sad to hear, but yeah we experienced this several times. But everyone in Lusaka, that saw the scene, came to us to tell us to don't give them a cent. We didn't. In the countryside, things seem to be different, and more difficult to get around it...