Week 10: Part 2, Livingstone

We left Choma on Thursday morning after saying all of our goodbyes and giving some small gifts to show our appreciation to the staff at the guest house. We headed out around 9:00 and stopped in Zimba at the hospital and guest house. We left 5 loaves of banana bread that we had made and tea and coffee for all the staff at the hospital. We were there about a half hour or so and got to see and say goodbye to a number of nurses and doctors. It was good to recognize many faces and give hugs goodbye. We got to Livingstone around 2:30 and I got a chocolate muffin for lunch. I had the rest of the day to relax and do whatever i liked. I watched Mission Impossible before dinner and Mission Impossible 3 after dinner. I had a chicken quesadilla for dinner. I went to bed around 10:30 after MI 3 got over.

Friday i had a lot of fun. In the morning around we went on a safari and saw giraffes, monkeys, buffalo, birds, warthogs, hippos, and crocodiles. We came back for breakfast afterward at the ZigZag where we are staying. Around 11:45 we left to go to Victoria Falls. Because of the time of year it is, with the dry season, there was not much water at all coming over the falls on the Zambia side. At the furthest point we could go we could see a lot of water coming over on the Zimbabwe side. It was a lot of fun still and i got a lot of pictures. There were several small stands set up by the falls and we had some to do a little shopping. I only needed a few more gifts and didn't have a lot of money left to spend. i did find gifts for my bridesmaids that i absolutely love! So taht was good. I got a couple other things too and ended up spending all of my money. So no more shopping in Zambia...which is okay cuz i got a lot of good stuff earlier on the trip. I did not like shopping there though. All the shop owners were very aggressive and pushy even when i told them i had no money left to spend. I'm glad the rest of my shopping experiences weren't like that. The rest of the afternoon and evening after the falls we had time to relax. I organized some pictures into a slide show and went to bed at 10.

Today so far we have just been at the ZigZag. I did try to go to the AWANA club today. Just Pam and Phoebe went with us. Phoebe is helping us while we are in Livingstone, she works for WHIZ. We had not been able to contact the pastor before but i knew the time and place so we went to the building where it was supposed to be. No one was there for the club though and we called the pastor and found out from him that they are now meeting on Sundays from 10-11:30. So i probably won't be able to go to the club. The Pastor did say i could come after 1 and he would still be there and some of the kids would be there so i may do that just to meet him and talk to him for a little bit. We came back to the ZigZag and had a debriefing meeting with Lisa for a hour and a half and now i'm sitting in the coffee shop eating a coconut lemon syrup muffin and a papaya smoothie. Pretty good for lunch. I will attach some pics soon from the safari and the falls soon! Miss you all and i will some in just 3 days :)