From London to Lusaka to Livingstone

Hello Everyone and greetings from Zambia

Its been 5 days since the 15 of us left the US and already we have done so much. We explored much of London for a couple of days seeing things like the Tower of London, the Tower Bridge, Big Ben, and Buckingham Palace as well as touring the English countryside for a day.

Just this morning we arrived in Lusaka, the capital of Zambia. All I have to say is it is night and day different from life in the US. We drove 6 hours from Lusaka to the city we are now in, Livingstone, passing through numerous small ultra-rural villages that are struggling to modernize but don't have the economy/tourists to do so. The fact that it is one of the poorest nations in the world is very apparent and my eyes have been opened to what it really means to live in a third world country. We have no idea how much we take for granted.

Livingstone is a larger city that is home to the world famous Victoria Falls, one of the seven natural wonders of the world. Tomorrow we will be taking a trip to the falls and hopefully down into the valley. I would have put pictures up but my internet connection is too slow right now, so I will try tomorrow.

Until then,

Zikomo,

Allan, the Zambassador