Hey all!
We are here. We are safe. We had no problems getting our visas at he border. Internet time is limited, so we'll be somewhat brief and we might not get to update often. Sorry. Also, google doesn't like us and both of us use gmail, so again, sorry.
We flew tuesday night to London, and left the airport to explore the city in the afternoon. We got day passes for the "tube" and had afternoon tea and visited the British museum. My dad had gotten us a voltage converter, which we put in one of Ali's bags. When going to security we found out that the converter looks very much like "something that would go bang" on the x-ray machine. Ali's bags got searched...twice.
Then we flew wednesday night to Lusaka. We got great food on the airline, but not much great sleep, so we were pretty exhausted. We had a five hour layover in Lusaka and took a flight to Ndola. There, we had another 3 hour layover, during which we both fell asleep. The Zambians were very kind though, and woke us up and took care of all our bags so we could make our next flight to Solwezi. The flight took about an hour, and we met some super nice English people who work as geologists for the mines there...Rob and Shanney (try to say these with a British accent). Marian, along with the doctor, his small son, a nurse, and all of their shopping met us there, and we had a 300 km trip to Loloma.\
Along the way we saw lots of interesting things...including fires, oxcarts, people carrying goats on their bicycles, things on their heads, and so on. It is also amazing how many things are still in bloom considering that this is the cold, dry season. Lots of pictures when we return...we don't have enough internet to upload them now, sorry. Marian gave us brownies and tea and dinner, which was pleasent. We slept in today and didn't really do anything. Tomorrow, we'll go visit girl's camp and start in the hospital on monday. There is so much to tell you all, but I'm afraid that for most of it, you'll have to hang out with us when we get back. Everyone that we've met is very hospitable and kind and we feel very welcome. All for now.
Love,
Carolyn and Ali
Ahh, the joys of traveling! Kind of sounds like my trip to St Vincent. I'll never forget it ... it seemed like, on the trip back, I landed on every little island between there and Orlando! It was a 5 legged flight in all, to go a total of 6 hours from home!
ReplyDeleteYou should have looked up Bill and Kate while you were in London! I'm sure they would have been happy to meet you both! I'll bet their 'tea' would have been better too!
It sounds like you are seeing some very interesting things, and I know you're categorizing and naming all the pictures as you go so you remember where and when they were taken ...
God Bless you both, ladies, He'll keep you safe and provide for you all your needs. He is very happy with you for doing His work. We, too, are extremely proud and happy for you to be able to fulfill this dream opportunity at this time of your l;ives. God, and all of us, are with you in heart and spirit.
Loads of love from the States!
Dad-n-Jane
catagorizing/naming all of the pictures... for sure -in our heads!- ;) don't worry though, we have enough free room up there to store all the information! we have seen SO much so far here in Zambia as well but I don't have time to update with all the info now. Glad that you enjoyed the post. i love and miss you both. ali!
ReplyDeleteExcited to hear more! =)
ReplyDeleteThanks for the letters. I imagine when you get back to my area you will be very hungry for a good hamberger. Things here are as you remember it.
ReplyDeleteI have been working on our McMakin genealogy. Not much news here! I went to the memorial at athe cemetey here in town yesterday morning. Evie and Herb Henderson went with me. The American Legion really did a great job with the ceremony. They honored the Legion members that signed the charter many years ago. Only about 4/5 guys living at this time. Herb was one of them. Then we went to the club for lunch, and then home. Was a good day.
Take care of yourselves! Love, Auntie Myra