i'm writing this eating a loaf of bread from the market as my breakfast in true backpacker style, just ripping off chunks. so i need to fill everyone in about what i did for christmas. you've seen a few of teh pictures, it was definitely not a traditional one! the friday before christmas kennedy and i got transport to mukuni village - that's the "main" village around livingstone - it's where the chief stays, cheif mukuni, and it has a few small stores, some bars, basically where other villages go to get staples like mealie meal (used to make nshima), oil, salt, sugar, beer... so we did a little shopping of our own, bought gifts for his grandmother and mom and a few other people. the lady behind the counter looked at me dubiously and wondered
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