There are a lot of times we think we have nothing interesting to say – that you all would be bored with our stories, pictures, and anecdotes from every day life here. But lately we have realized that some of what we now consider everyday life is incredibly odd/foreign/interesting to the western world. Things that might seem “old hat” to us now, were fascinating when we arrived. So in an effort to appreciate life around us and keep you all amused (not all our posts can be super deep and spiritual), here are a few standard glimpses of Zambian life (photo illustrated where possible). And if you comment and share your thoughts and reactions, we may just post more like this in the future…
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| The only way to transport heavy goods |
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Unless you have a bicycle, in which case, you transport pigs (or goats) by bicycle.
Or 300+ pounds of charcoal. Or full size iron roofing sheets. |
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Locals supporting your favorite teams -
with no idea they're doing so. Thank you
used clothing market... |
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| Funny-shaped eggplant |
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| Mosquito nets |
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| Christmas candles - melting in the sun |
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| Incredible teaching |
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| People, shops, street vendors, cars... everywhere |
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| Rainbows and Waterfalls! |
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| Women working with a baby on their backs |
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Anthills. Huge anthills with trees on top.
Dug out to make bricks |
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| Mango Trees! |
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Pineapple plants! Did you know they
grew out of a "bush?" |
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| Amazing sunsets |
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| Preying Mantises |
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| Fun signage |
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| Crushing rocks by hand for foundations, etc. |
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| Traveling in Style |
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| Oxen and ox carts (puts "unequally yoked" into perspective) |
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| Baby Zebra! (In protected areas) |
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| Tetanus risks... |
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Groups of people from all over the world hanging out together.
Countries represented in this picture: Canada, Zimbabwe, Ghana,
Australia, South Africa, India and the US |
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Strange Abnormal Loads
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Other things we see every day:
People sitting outside Shoprite selling the fruit,
vegetables, bread and eggs they bought inside
Soccer balls made of scraps of material
Men peeing by the side of the road
Trash flying from car windows
Shelf-stable boxed milk and un-refrigerated eggs
Unsupervised children everywhere
Burning fields (slash and burn is the typical agricultural method, though groups are currently trying to teach against that)
And for now, I've probably used up my entire data bundle uploading pictures, so I have to stop here. More to come in future posts!
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