Zambia

How good to catch up with friends. Jim and Marion and Pete and Emma at Lusaka and Deryn and Anthony at Chikankata. Jim and Marion were great to us providing us with a base for our month in Zambia and taking us to Chikankata and then Livingstone where we visited Victoria Falls and Chobe Game Park. Both were amazing experiences - as was our eventful stay in Livingstone. In Lusaka and Chikankata we again enjoyed interacting with the African culture. Enjoying the rural setting of Chikankata and the markets and day trips from Lusaka.
What did I take with me from our visit to Zambia.
An awareness of
- The friendliness of the people
- The desire of these people to make their world a better place.
- The vast divide between rich and poor.
- The great pain that AIDS has brought to the people of Zambia.
- The many children with only grandparents or relatives left to care for them.
- Again the ability of people to find a way to earn money even if it is only a small amount from our perspective.
As we leave Africa I know that in time I will process my experiences and will be changed because of them.