Zambia

Clearly I am back from Zambia. It was wonderful to go back and to see old friends and make a few new ones. It's hard to summarize everything from the trip. It would take a bazillion blog posts. I'll post a few of my favorite pictures and tell you why they are my favorites. How about that?

I spent 3 nights at a boy's home called the Lazarus Project. They withdrawal children from the streets and rehabilitate them through schooling, skills training, and counseling, etc. One of the days spent there, my students and I got to do some teaching at the community school. 45 rowdy 2nd graders can be a handful. It was tons of fun.

This is Mathews, one of the older boys at the project. He is scene here in his dorm room fixing his sandal or tropical as they call them there.

Shown above are Gilbert (left) and John (right). They befriended me on the first night and were a lot of fun to be around. Behind them is their soccer field. I don't know why I like this photo so much but I do. More pictures from the Lazarus Project can be found here.

For much of the trip we stayed at a place called Eureka Farm. It's like a hostel/backpackers/campers place to stay. Cheap and nice. They have Zebras, Giraffes and Impalas plus a few Kudu and Ostriches. Here's a few pictures from early morning walks.

More images from Eureka can be found here.

I was able to go on a safari for one day by myself when the main group was adventuring around Livingstone. I went back to Chobe National Park in Botswana hoping to see many elephants and at least one lion. It was a bust in the sense that neither of those things happened. I did however see lots of other wonderful scenery and animals shown below.

Many more pictures from my safari can be found here.

I took tons and tons of pictures so I will have to update again when I have more time. Check out the galleries under "Zambia" as well as "Travel."