We are doing well. It is roasting here - just like every october in zambia. We had a great train journey, ok bus ride and spent today viewing the rock and gorge and saw a couple of kids kayaking. The flow is minimal at this time of year so instead of falls it is rock formations. Reminded us a little of Western australia.
Saw where we lived in kabwe, where jenny and andrew were born and where dad worked. Certainly a trip down memory lane. Kabwe and Zambia generally have progressed so much and things in Kabwe look great. Food is available, a new generation has emerged, the roads are great and everything looked freshly painted and pretty tidy. Dad was really touched by the train journey - and I really enjoyed it. Dad loved looking at the bridges and the length of the train as it went around corners. Today as we walked we felt the dry parched earth and the intense heat of the hot African sun. We saw an elephant beside the road as we were in a taxi away from the falls! Monkeys were a problem at lunch at the restaurant - had to close the windows to keep the monkeys at bay. We were the only ones having lunch at the hotel - it is pretty hot and pretty off-season right now.
The house in Kabwe - the yard was so big - I knew that it was large but it appeared gigantic now. The pool is derelict and the garden has vegetables and the back chickens. The hospital looked clean and lots of staff and not too many patients on the day that we visited. Dad's worksite has been sold off and now they produce cotton bales there. Dad thought that was a great way to use the large space. I guess that the distribution system was actually a result of the government taking a bigger hand in managing stuff and not allowing the Asians to do it all. The streets in Kabwe are so wide and so many large trees as you walk along. It felt great to revisit - just never imagined that it would be possible.
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