It hardly seems possible that I've already been away from Zambia for just over a week, the time has gone so quickly. Leaving Livingstone was horrible and I'm already plotting on ways on how I can go back. So for the first few days in South Africa I was just envious on anyone who was still in Livingstone. The weather when I arrived did very little to help my mood. Freezing cold is a fairly accurate description, but at least it's given me a chance to use all my...

It's been a while since I updated this, so now I have 2 weeks worth of stuff to tell you about. Starting 2 weeks ago, I think I said I was planning a chilled weekend by the pool. Well, of course that never happened! Instead I went on an elephant ride safari. It was supposed to happen on Saturday, and so I got up at 5:30 a.m. in order to be picked up at 6 (!!!!). After waiting for my bus for an hour it became clear that they were not comming to pick me. So I...

Since my last blog I tried to upload the photos and found that the connection was way too slow, so unfortunately you can't see any pictures of the adventures I'm having. The big adventures this weekend were white water rafting the Zambezi and a trip to Livingstone Island to swim at the top of the Victoria falls. So, rafting first. I decided just to do the lower half of the river for half a dayand so oined everyone at rapid 10. Just getting down to it was an a...

It's been a really packed time since I wrote my last entry. The teaching has been keeping me very busy, trying to prepare lessons for the kids. The teacher doesn't make it any easier by just randomly not turning up for days at a time. Who knew you could make up a lesson on the spot so easily when you have to! I'm just trying to do things that involve lots of colouring and singing. The trouble is that they're so used to just sitting in a class and being lectu...

So, my first entry from Zambia. Guess first thing to say is that I made it here no problems. There was an interesting 20 minutes at customs in Jo'burg where I had to emptyout my bag. Apparently it 'looked' too heavy. But as long as you smile there don't seem to be any problems. In fact everyone here is really smiley and friendly, locals and other volunteers alike. I'm lodged in Mambo House sharing a huge room with 2 other American girls. Think there's abou...