All I want for Christmas...

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okay, finally posted some new pics....it's taken me two hours to upload these so the stories will have to wait for another day, but at least you have proof that i'm alive 😊

hope everyone had a merry christmas, enjoy new years and be safe

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Photos

Halloween
Kennedy and Babyface at Halloween - I dressed them, naturally, as girls. I went as a local :)

Livinstone Island
Hanging over the falls, maybe you couldn't do this in a country with safety regulations....it was amazingly beautiful

Zambezi
Lunch stop during canoe trip on the Zambezi

River Guides
Babyface, Vinnie and Simba - some of the guides, makes me miss all of my climber friends. Day after my birthday at Taonga.

Morning Work
Plowing in the morning at the village. I tried - managed two very crooked rows!

Carrying Water
Getting water for beer brewing. Notice how I have the smallest container and am holding it with two hands - unfortunately not such a natural!

Beer Prep
Me attempting to pound millet - fairly unsuccessfully, for the beer. At least everyone had a good laugh.

Local Brewery
Making beer - the local way. Finger millet cooked for a few days turns into a grey, sonewhat thick beer, it's actually pretty good, better than chibuku.

Eating...again
Probably the fifth time I ate that day...everyone is really generous. This was dried squeaker fish - that's right, I'm eating fish now, really good

Sunset
Sunset in the bush - doesn't get much better than this. This was walking back from drinking local beer in the next village over, the most common past-time in Zambia

My Goat
This was my goat for two days - before we slaughtered it in the front yard. He had to walk two hours, ride in the trunk of a taxi, and spend a night tied to a table before being eaten...

Comments

[Dad]

Great Pictures
Great pictures, thanks for sending. Looking forward to seeing sights first hand and meeting your friends!