Mukuba Hotel Ndola
2735/A Little Poland Road, Industrial Area, PO Box 72126 Ndola, 10101, Zambia
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Business Trip part 3
... called me his 'brother’ so that’s a good base for doing business. I got some great news since my Dutch very good friend Michel called me to say that he became a father of twins, 2 boys. I felt very proud and was very happy for him and his wife and appreciated his call very much. After another exhausting day went for a proper night of sleep and in the morning took the bus back to Lusaka. What a ...
The End of the Road
... you to their cousin or grandmother or aunt or brother, you shouldn’t necessarily assume that there’s any blood relation. Referring to someone as a family member is a way of showing how close you feel to them as a friend and is also a sign of respect. It can be quite confusing, though, when you’re trying to ascertain who is actually related to whom.
I don’t think I’ve talked at all about Zambian food in any of ...
Faces
... blessing. She finds butterflies and moths just as creepy as I do, she’d be a giraffe if she was an animal (me too!), and she’s really good at wearing her heart on her sleeve. She’s spending 6 or 7 weeks here before heading to a bible college in California.
Harrison Niyoni is the director (or co-director?) of Africa’s Child here in Zambia. He’s 100% Zambian and rebel in his own right. The latest thing ...
It’s Heating Up
... that it wasn’t her problem and that they shouldn’t have even given me the key to be able to lock the door. She also told me that I shouldn’t be upset or scared by the electric shock because it didn’t kill me. I responded, “What if next time it does?” When I said that it needed to be fixed right away or else I would need to move somewhere else she said I should move into the other en-suite room at the guesthouse. I looked at that room but it ...
Being Called Fat is a Compliment
... they applied the NASG to me. As they were rolling me over, one of the midwives grabbed a chunk of my thigh in her hand and said, "Look, she’s nice and fat." This is not the first time I’ve been called fat since arriving in Zambia. Being fat is something that’s strived for and considered attractive here. Skinny people are actually considered unattractive and told that they need to gain weight. I’d almost equate calling ...


