Days 7&8 - The Weekend
I've decided to only write one blog for the weekend, to allow me to spend more time as a team and take some time to relax.
Saturday
We were all allowed a lay in today, which was much needed after a very busy week, so the alarms were set for 8am. We all gradually got ourselves up, showered and ready for the day. Becky, Emma and Tom went to the shops to stock up on food for the weekend, and make sure we had things for dinner. When they arrived back to the house, we all jumped into the minibus ready for our trip to Nsobe Game Park. It was a 2 hour journey on 'interesting' road surfaces and the travel sickness stuck again! Luckily we had the ginger biscuits to hand, to settle the rest of the journey. We arrived at Nsobe and all got out at the reception. We headed though and sat by the lake watching monkeys playing and someone fishing, it was so peaceful and a great way for us all as a team to sit, relax and reflect on our time out here is Zambia so far. We then had lunch from the restaurant which was the best beef burger ever!
As it was a game reserve we went on a Game Drive. The vehicle we had to go around in was rather unique with it being a pick-up truck that had welded benches on the back for us to sit on and we had to jump start it to begin! On our trip around the park we saw many antelope, 3 giraffes, a herd of zebras, monkeys, beautiful butterflies, fish eagles and giant Kingfishers. After we got back we went for a short walk along the lakeside and the rest of the group went in the snake house whilst I sat and had a bit of quiet time looking out over the lake. As we retuned we grabbed a drink and watched the African sunset which was just breath-taking.
We all jumped back into the minibus and headed home. With a slight detour, after missing a roundabout, we also got to see what the Zambian nightlife is like as well and in taking some of the 'interesting' smells that come with it.
We eventually got home and had sandwiches for dinner and settled down to watch Aladdin. We all went to bed pretty early after a full day out in the fresh air.
Sunday
After a rough nights sleep, we got up at 7am and shared breakfast together. We got ourselves ready for church and Dawson drove us into Luyansha to pick up Sylvia, as we were going to her church. On arrival we were warmly greeted by some live African music, including whistles!! We sang worship songs and then listened to a very long sermon (1 hour 20 minutes to be prescient - not that I was timing!). The Elder spoke about how was should fill our hearts with only good things and get rid of and the evils things in our hearts that we carry. After church, all the Elders came over to us and shared how happy they were to see us as visitors. We then got back to the minibus and headed to the Hungry Lion for lunch (Zambian version of KFC). We did stick out a bit like a sore thumb being the only white people there. We then wanted to experience some of the African markets, so we just stopped at a couple on the side of the highway - an interesting experience.
We dropped Sylvia off home and then headed back to Kachele Farm. Becky convinced us to watch the films 'Signs' as she said it had a strong Christian message, however we all decided it was a strange way to convey the message. We all headed to bed with an apprehensive feeling of what the next week was about us, but reassured that we would work together as a team and support each other.
Saturday
We were all allowed a lay in today, which was much needed after a very busy week, so the alarms were set for 8am. We all gradually got ourselves up, showered and ready for the day. Becky, Emma and Tom went to the shops to stock up on food for the weekend, and make sure we had things for dinner. When they arrived back to the house, we all jumped into the minibus ready for our trip to Nsobe Game Park. It was a 2 hour journey on 'interesting' road surfaces and the travel sickness stuck again! Luckily we had the ginger biscuits to hand, to settle the rest of the journey. We arrived at Nsobe and all got out at the reception. We headed though and sat by the lake watching monkeys playing and someone fishing, it was so peaceful and a great way for us all as a team to sit, relax and reflect on our time out here is Zambia so far. We then had lunch from the restaurant which was the best beef burger ever!
As it was a game reserve we went on a Game Drive. The vehicle we had to go around in was rather unique with it being a pick-up truck that had welded benches on the back for us to sit on and we had to jump start it to begin! On our trip around the park we saw many antelope, 3 giraffes, a herd of zebras, monkeys, beautiful butterflies, fish eagles and giant Kingfishers. After we got back we went for a short walk along the lakeside and the rest of the group went in the snake house whilst I sat and had a bit of quiet time looking out over the lake. As we retuned we grabbed a drink and watched the African sunset which was just breath-taking.
We all jumped back into the minibus and headed home. With a slight detour, after missing a roundabout, we also got to see what the Zambian nightlife is like as well and in taking some of the 'interesting' smells that come with it.
We eventually got home and had sandwiches for dinner and settled down to watch Aladdin. We all went to bed pretty early after a full day out in the fresh air.
Sunday
After a rough nights sleep, we got up at 7am and shared breakfast together. We got ourselves ready for church and Dawson drove us into Luyansha to pick up Sylvia, as we were going to her church. On arrival we were warmly greeted by some live African music, including whistles!! We sang worship songs and then listened to a very long sermon (1 hour 20 minutes to be prescient - not that I was timing!). The Elder spoke about how was should fill our hearts with only good things and get rid of and the evils things in our hearts that we carry. After church, all the Elders came over to us and shared how happy they were to see us as visitors. We then got back to the minibus and headed to the Hungry Lion for lunch (Zambian version of KFC). We did stick out a bit like a sore thumb being the only white people there. We then wanted to experience some of the African markets, so we just stopped at a couple on the side of the highway - an interesting experience.
We dropped Sylvia off home and then headed back to Kachele Farm. Becky convinced us to watch the films 'Signs' as she said it had a strong Christian message, however we all decided it was a strange way to convey the message. We all headed to bed with an apprehensive feeling of what the next week was about us, but reassured that we would work together as a team and support each other.
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