Back home in Harrow.

Today is the day that I leave home again for the far reaches of Harrow. My heart needless to say is full to bursting with the revitalised spirit within me. My mind is full of sustaining memories until the next time I come home again. For now I must go onward and upwards reaching out for the future with the strength and vitality in me from the land of my birth and the people of my soul.

Christmas Eve arrived faster than I'd thought it would signalling my time at home was almost at an end. All my friends and family came together at our local spot to celebrate the seasons joys and catch up with each other as well as exchange ideas and plans for the future. It was the most exciting, exhilarating and completely free social function I've been to since I left home. The dancing; both traditional and modern, the mix of locals from all walks of life inte...

I left Lusaka late in the after noon arriving in Ndola late in the evning after a 4 hour bus ride. I arrived at the farm about midnight ready for bed but glad to be home. I woke up the next morning with the sun in my eyes and knew I was home. My family were all awake water had already been drawn and the kettle was on. We spent most of the morning catching up, then it was time for a trip to town which meant an hours wak to the main road then a lift of bus ride to ...

My cousin Faith took me to the Lusaka City Market where you can get great bargains for almost anything. We got a lift to the outskirts of town with my Aunt then took the local mini buses to City Market. City market is a massive covered market near Lusaka town centre heaving with hunamity. As we walked toward the market entrance there were many little restuarants take aways and groceries all teeming with busniess. The covered area; the main part of the market was ...