The long and aching bus ride to Monze

I finally arrived in Monze late last night. It was quite the long journey! Let's put it this way, it should have been a 3 hour bus ride from the airport and it took almost 8 hours!!! I had a very sore bum because the bus had hardly any cushions on the seats and it smelt like major fumes the whole way. The Zambian way of living definitely tests your patience. I was fine with all of it because thank God I had Eric, my fellow co-worker from Florida with me. We met at the airport in Johannesburg and then we flew to Lusaka on the same flight. Eric was able to prepare me for how long the trip could take and the conditions of the guest house I would be staying in.

My Guest House is very nice - for Zambian standards that is. It has running water, but needless to say the water pressure is not anywhere near what we have in the states and the temperature of the water changes at any moment. I had an interesting first shower today when my hair almost burnt off from how hot the water got in an instant.

I also had a stray cat jump in my window which scared me half to death. I didn't know what type of animal it was at first because it moved so fast and went under my bathtub in a hole and was stuck there for awhile.

The Guest House keeper Victoria is beyond sweet. She said to me this morning "You have a very nice structure." Now you know why I really like her.

More to come later, Eric is telling me I need to leave this internet cafe to run to the store before it closes at 6pm or we will have no food tonight.