Heading home
20 Aug 2008 11:12 am
Well this is my last day in Zambia, having travelled in from Petauke on a very overcrowded bus. My seatmate was a man in his cups (at 7:00 in the morning) he claimed he was a Gold medal winner in Boxing at the Korea Olympics. I believe him. Anything can happen here in Zambia. Yesterday they finally made it official that the 3rd President of Zambia had died. He was good President and the country was holding its own under his leadership. It will be interesting to see what happens now; Africa is full of surprises especially in the political arena.
Prices of things are steadily on the rise. The bus fare, the taxi fare, petrol, diesel and everything that has to be transported. Petauke is showing this in the rise of goods shipped into the District. It will be a challenge for the new President to bring things into check. All fuel used in Zambia is imported. Petrol has hit 10,000 Kwacha a litre or almost 3 dollars.
I will leave on Kenyan Airways flight tomorrow, through Nairobi to London. From London I go to Canada and home.
I am pleased to say I accomplished all I set out to do this trip. To my friends here in Zambia I wish you and your family health and look forward to seeing you soon. To the Nation of Zambia I offer you my condolences and please keep the peace that you have always cherished.
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