I'm officially finished with the hospital and now off to go get eaten by a lion in Botswana. The best news of the week is that my friend Sara Kamins is here with me! So she's guest starring in this blog writing it with me this morning.
We got a taste of a classic African bus experience after I picked her up at the airport. I've taken several 4 hour bus rides since arriving in Zambia but everyone has always advised me to take a specific company called Mazhandu. Until Wednesday I stuck with the advise but that afternoon they told us their last bus for the day had already departed when we got there. Fortunately, wink wink, they had a sister bus company with a bus leaving "in 15 minutes". We should have know an imminent departure was less than likely when we got on the large bus to find only 3 other Americans and about 67 empty seats. Sara's first 4 hours in Zambia were spent being told we were leaving in "15 minutes" while guys from the street boarded and tried to sell us boxer shorts, watches and bananas. We eventually left 4 hours after boarding and got to Choma at about 11 pm. So much for showing her the sunset.
Yesterday I showed her around Choma and said goodbye to everyone I've come to know in the past few months. She saw the hospital (Don't worry Sue it was from a distance), a few schools, the market (including smelly dried fish) and the guesthouse. We enjoyed our morning walking around and then hopped on a much less chaotic bus for livingstone. Last night we stayed at Jolly Boys, the hostel I've been at before and now we're waiting to be picked up for our big Botswana adventure.
No internet for the next 8 days so we'll keep you posted when we're back. Take Care!
Melissa AND Sara
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
Miss you guys!! I wish I could be there to be eaten by a lion with you. But with my waddle, I'd be the first to go and that hardly seems fair. Have a fantastic time. Love yous. :-)
ReplyDelete