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August 18th 2011

Published: August 20th 2011

On Wednesday around 3:00 local time our plane from Heathrow arrived in Toronto and our team made it home safe and sound...all but our luggage! Glad it was here that we didn't have our luggage and not in Zambia. I ended up getting my suitcase at 5:00pm on Thursday so it wasn't a huge deal! So to recap our last days in Zambia... On Thursday night we had 2 guests for dinner, the 2 guys fr... Read Full Entry

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Covering the pipes

We got this truckload of dirt but it was made up of rocks, broken glass, and other garbage. Because it was heavy to shovel the kids helped us by picking up the larger rocks and throwing it in the holes we needed to fill.

Covering the pipes

Benwe

This is Benwe, he's helping us fill in the holes.

Benwe and Brian

Brian is the little guy and he was a persistent worker and kept on picking up the rocks. Even some really little ones helped!

Preparing the wood

We had to paint on this mixture to protect the wood from termites.

Helpers

We got some help from the older girls to paint the wood.

Cute Kids

Always a cute group of kids that follow you around...this was the group following me around on this day!

Mkalo's Wife

Mkalo is the school master and this is his wife and youngest son. She is hand washing their laundry.

More Cuties

I took a break from painting and moving wood to hangout with some of the kids. They definitely make you feel special!

Moving Wood

Here's Christina and Desiree carrying the wood closer to the place we are painting the wood. We took turns with this and painting.

Cool Tree

I kept eying this tree at the other side of the property. It was so lush and green and just looked like a neat tree.

Heading on the Safari

We got up super early while it was still dark to drive to Lusaka.

Heading on the Safari

The Bus

This is the bus we chartered to take us to Lusaka.

Getting Close to Lusaka

This is the Olympic Training area for young Zambian athletes

Our Charter Plane

Walking to the charter plane that will fly us the 30 minutes to the lodge.

The Plane

On the plane

It was a 12 passenger plane...perfect since there were 12 of us.

On the plane

The Jeeps

This was our mode of transportation to the lodge and on all our game drives. They were quite comfortable!!

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