Yesterday Liz and I took the 'minbus' to Lusaka from 'The Road' (Great North Road, designed to connect the Cape to Cairo) outside Mother of Mercy Hospice. The 'bus' seemed already overful but we were merrily crammed in on a single seat together. The fare was as we had been told, Kwacha 5000 each so we were disgorged in the City Market whence we walked through to Freedom Road and on to Cairo. Money changed, we walked to 'Downtown', a shopping area where they were, as on Saturday, unable to get my cell phone going, (mine is Orange UK locked so I will buy a Zambian one- they had a Samsung for K 83,000 (K8,000 = £1 currently)-and I have bought the sim plus talktime. Then on to 'Shoprite' for our groceries. We bought a bottle of gin but missed the tonic though overall a successful mission: envelopes, biscuits, cheese,... delights in store!
Today I did the 30 minute round trip walk to Chilanga Post Office where I bought USA and UK stamps (K5,000 and K 4500 respectively) It was hot and dusty along the Road.
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