Just my week :)

our  campsite!

view from boat

fishing!

the ladies!

Shannon and I

Tuesday market!

the elephant we saw during the night drive!

the typical toy that you see kids playing with. Look closely to see what it's mad e of

This blog is completely unrelated to my project and just explaining what I’ve been doing this past week.

Since the last time I updated, I’ve gone to the Olympic village to play some sitting volleyball (Dad, you’d be proud). Our supervisor’s dad came to visit for 4 days and took us out to eat supper at an Italian restaurant. It was really nice to have home-like food again. I got my hair braided that night by Theresa (I got the extensions for free because the guy running the store was Lebanese and said that us Lebs stick together lol. I have never realized how beneficial Arabic can be when travelling!) and then we celebrated Theresa’s birthday with our ‘NEW BEATZ’ friends (they’re rappers/singers). I went to the Tuesday market which is probably the most multi-cultural gathering in Lusaka. I felt like I was in Canada again – and there were fresh fruits and vegetables everywhere for such cheap prices! The next day I went to the ‘comesa’ market which is a muzungu-free zone (it’s STRICTLY Zambians that go there). We immersed ourselves in this market and bought chatange material (traditional clothes that they wear). We also went to an Indian place (that apparently the Indian president visited…) which had DELICIOUS food. I felt like I was at Amisha’s house. lol.

Just relaxing at Kafue!

AND best part of my week was going camping in Kafue National park!! It is the 2^nd largest national park in all of Africa (it’s the size of Belgium) and the 5^th largest in the world. Get this: we slept in tents next to the water and IN the water were hippos and crocs. We heard them ‘talk’ all night and they’re probably up there on my list of favourite animals. They’re so funny! They sound like pigs and just hide under the water and lift their heads and cute ears every once and a while. Yes, they’re dangerous, but don’t worry! I was safe! I went on a night drive and saw elephants (another super amazing animal), zebras, too many antelope/deer things (I couldn’t keep up with all the species and names), and a whole bunch of other things which the names I can’t remember. Unfortunately we didn’t see any lions or cheetahs… they were hiding. But I still had a really enjoyable experience. The night was really cold but we huddled around the camp fire and had fresh fish that some of our friends caught (the people that didn’t do that night drive went fishing). I’m normally not a fan of seafood but OH MY GOODNESS was this fish ever delicious. I have NEVER had fish this good. And it was SO fresh. Mmmh. I slept soundly that night except for waking up once from hippo noises (they can get loud). The next morning I went fishing in the Kafue River (I didn’t catch anything, but I still learnt the technique) and relaxed on the boat underneath the sun. I felt extremely relaxed and ready to tackle yet another busy week.

I also finally watched the last Harry Potter movie!! IT WAS AMAZING. I was extremely satisfied and pleased with it. And like I mentioned before, movies are so fun to watch here. The audience gets so engaged and laughs and claps the entire time. It’s so much fun! 

I have 2.5 weeks left! Time has flown by. I still have so much to do so the next blog might not be for another while but I promise to update!

Love you all!

xo