Things that have not changed:
•The children yelling “Makuwa” as we pass by
•People asking Jessica if her hair is real
•People asking Lianne if she is the older sister because she is taller
•The village children waiting by the gate every morning for us….and are still there when we get back!
Oasis, the only restaurant/club/meeting spot for all expats
•Lewanika School of Nursing continues to have no internet (who keeps forgetting to pay those bills!)
•Sister Christina still taking charge at the convent
•We get the royal treatment while staying at the convent…fresh fruit, home made jam, fresh bread etc.
•Falling asleep at night to the familiar sound of barking dogs, cats in heat, African drumming, and the occasional Shoprite alarm
•Glorious sunsets over the Zambezi floodplains at Lyambai Hotel
•Our students can still shake those African hips
•A minibus to Shoprite is still two-five
•Power outages….Zesco!!! Need we say more?
•Mosi is still very refreshing….and truly Zambian
•We are still so comfortable driving on the left side of the road, we not afraid to use our hazards, and say a friendly hello when we honk our horn!
Things that are new:
The Mongu Shopping Center has a couple of new additions!! Barbershop...AND Bar!
•I-spot Internet Café….fast and only 9 000K per hour!!
•Road to Senanga…..used to take 3 hours with many potholes and now only 1 hour of smooth sailing
•A presence of police in and around Mongu…including photo radar and ticketing for talking on cell phones….What?!!? I thought this was Africa?
•Shoprite having vegetarian ground round, wieners, sausages, and burgers!
•Jessica and Lianne now best friends with the Shoprite Assistant Manager (he even asked us to deliver his baby) and are now masters of the fruit and veggie scale
•Lianne and Jessica’s “muscle memory” and ability to shake their hips (our students even said we were better than some of the 1st years!!)
•We have discovered a different Zambian beer…Eagle (it is made of Sorgum and gluten free – shout outs to Ma Barker)
•New additions to certain shops around town (including a Humble Sheep 2 Barber Shop)
