Shopping for food is an adventure! The local dish which is all some of the kids eat is called Nasheema. It's like heavy, rubbery mashed potato. An acquired taste but it will keep you alive. The town's Spar shopis always busy, somtimes with people buying 40 loaves of bread to take across the border to Zimbabwe.
We cook outside on a two ring gas stove. Not easy when you're preparing for 12 people. We can't/don't eat in front of the children at the schools. We shut ourselves away in the bus and grab a sandwich.
Washing up at camp consists of 3 large bowls; one to wash, one filled with disinfectant and the other to rinse. The you have to flap everything dry as damp clothes just harbour the eggs of a fly that burrows into your skin! Tom and Anna enjoy the flapping though.
Yesterday was a public holiday so no school visits. The bus got a tidy up. It was really sad saying saying goodbye to all our other Bookbus volunteer friends. Tom and Anna are missing them terribly. We're all trying to stay in touch via Facebook and Blogs.
We're now at a lodge before flying to Lusaka tomorrow. We have beds and pillows and everything! We've seen loads of animals. We woke up to the sound of a hippo munching outside our door. Anna got the fright of her life when she plucked a towell from the rail and a toad jumped out of it!
Anna's Blog; Leaving the volunteers was very sad because we had spent so much time with them. Last night was lush, it was like living in luxury compared to two weeks in a squishy tent!
Tom's Blog; Being on the Bookbus was really good fun but sad when we had to leave. Coming to the safari was amazing.
Follow up Blog when we're home on Thursday.
Jim
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