Kafue Lodge
Travel Blogs from Ndola
Ndola...The Copperbelt Province of Zambia
... Mission over 4.5 days
· Met several AMAZING, strong, intelligent, big-hearted, loving women who happen to be religious sisters... seriously don’t know how they accomplish so much under given situations!
· Fell in Love.... with about 100 kids under the age of ten, I seriously considered how many of them I might be able to fit into my travel backpack J
· Witnessed the indescribable oppression that poverty ...
Business Trip part 3
... man in Ndola and needed nschima (aka Ugali/ pap) desperately. Got a good meal at 9 in the morning and after went looking for a place to stay. Found a spot at the Vine Lodge and slept from 10.30 to 12.30 because my (lovely) boss made an appointment at our business partner at 13.30 hrs. But ok 2 hours sleep did me well and I went to the business partner to give a presentation on what happened at the mine etc. ...
The End of the Road
... eat it. Right now there are little, green, unripe mangoes on all the trees. They’ve started selling some sort-of-ripe mangoes in the market, but they’re just not quite ready yet.
Overall I had a really good experience in Zambia. I really enjoyed the work that I was doing on the study and had a great time working with all of the hospital and clinic staff. It was a little sad saying my goodbyes on my last day of work. I had a couple of ...
Faces
... me do a short bit about composting : )
Loveness Siamafor lives in Choma. She is a kind soul suffering from diabetes, a heart condition and living with HIV. Her husband refuses to get tested for HIV/AIDS and doesn’t look for work. She can’t afford to put her children in school anymore, so they’ve stopped at grade 7. Imagine the frustration in that situation… There was more to her story though… She one of ...
It’s Heating Up
... 8217;ll just have to move my stuff out of the room and store it either at the guesthouse or in the office at work or somewhere during the week that I go on vacation at the end of October. It’s a much calmer place without an attached bar that’s run by a very nice older couple. The kitchen isn’t as nice as at the other place, but I can manage. The room itself is actually a bit nicer and, most importantly, there doesn’t appear to be a risk of electric shock. ...