23 December

23 December

Livingstone

0 Miles

Steph:

    We're in Zambia! I'm pretty excited to be here. And I'm excited about staying in Faulty Towers for 10 days. 10 days! This place is great. There's a communal kitchen, a lounge, a pool, pool table, there are books! I can read a book. It's all good.

    I also got to talk to the parents today, which is always a nice thing. I can't seem to talk to them without wanting to cry a little bit though. I miss them very much and have been more homesick than usually lately. It sounds like everyone at home is doing well though, so that helps.

We didn't do much today. Just walked around town and explored. This town is fun. It's touristy enough to have street vendors trying to sell everything from fruit to dvds, phones and shoes. It reminds me of mexico a little bit. The people here in Zambia seem very friendly and happy. We went to a craft market that had some really cool things. A downside of travelling on the bike is that we don't have room for souveniers. It also makes for a good excuse when the locals get pushy about buying their goods. "Sorry, we don't have room. It's pretty though!!". 

    We ate at a "take-away" and bought a steak meat pie for about 1800 Zambian Kwacha ($0.40). Pretty yummy. We also got ice cream for a little less than that.

    It's fun to sit and watch people living their busy lives. Especially a few days before christmas. The lines to the ATM's are unbelievably long, everyone is shopping and running around. Kids are on vacation, so they are also everywhere. After riding through one tiny village after another, it feels exciting to be in a city and see a little movement.

    A little later, we met Zach. He's been living in NYC but is currently working in Johannesburg for about a year. Got a cool job teaching english and doing finance research, but for now he is just traveling a bit.

Welcome to Zambia! And Hills! And down hills! This is what I like to see.

The garden at Fawlty Towers. It's really nice