Were meant to be arriving into Lusaka this morning for an 0900hrs departure. However, due to speed restrictions on the line the train has only made it as far as Kabwe, 100km away from Lusaka which will take another 5hrs. Offload the minibuses and drive 2hrs to the city instead.
Pit stop at the Manda Hills shopping mall to obtain Zambian Kwacha currency from ATMs and toilets/drinks etc. It all seems rather upmarket here and quite a few white people milling around who appear to live here.
Stop at the Kasisi Aids Orphanage run by Polish nuns. Looks after 250 children from babies to late teens. They’re grateful for the various donations.
The two nuns on duty are under 5ft tall and they laugh at my height saying it must be wonderful to be so tall. It has its disadvantages. A Liverpuddlian has painted a snow scene on one of the gable ends featuring snowmen. Most of these children will never see snow.
Away from the orphange it’s a 20km drive along corrugated washboard dirt track to Chaminuka Lodge. Bumpy is an understatement and we all suffer an African massage. A night off the train at the game lodge to enjoy all that it offers.
Being taught Dutch tonight by the Crazy Dutch Girls but they’re taking the mickey and teaching really convoluted words with guttural sounds. They find it amusing that the poor Englishman can’t pronounce things like Enschede and Scheveningen. It’s all double Dutch to me.
