Blood on the Tracks: A Rail Journey from Angola to Mozambique |
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... Lusaka on the railway but there was no room at the inns so we drove straight through to the capital Lusaka . We drove through Ndola and the copper belt where giant vats of glowing slag mounted on rail wagons are poured on to the heap in ...
... Lusaka on the railway but there was no room at the inns so we drove straight through to the capital Lusaka . We drove through Ndola and the copper belt where giant vats of glowing slag mounted on rail wagons are poured on to the heap in ...
Page 128
... Lusaka to sell to the Lebanese . After an hour we told Robin to go home . He was still suggesting a lift but we shunned his offer and went off to the signal box to find out when the train was coming . Huddled on the platform were ...
... Lusaka to sell to the Lebanese . After an hour we told Robin to go home . He was still suggesting a lift but we shunned his offer and went off to the signal box to find out when the train was coming . Huddled on the platform were ...
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... Lusaka with the loot she had salvaged from her father's house . The engine had to stop at every signal , where the ... Lusaka for a job interview , Jardine had left three days before the event in case of train delays . He had nowhere to ...
... Lusaka with the loot she had salvaged from her father's house . The engine had to stop at every signal , where the ... Lusaka for a job interview , Jardine had left three days before the event in case of train delays . He had nowhere to ...
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