Scenes

I was able to grab a bunch of photos from our travels yesterday, so here they are. I've loaded the wonderful, inspirational photos and story on the other site, please visit http://sharethepower.blogspot.com/. This may be my last post until I get to London, so ... tally ho and cheers!

The leaning Tower of Lusaka. Not quite sure what it houses, but there's a definite list as you look at it from the ground.

Cairo Road at 6 a.m. is quite pretty. And empty!

But it's a very different story at 4 p.m. This photo doesn't do justice to the crowds of people walking on both sides of the roads around Lusaka. But also check out all the parked cars -- traffic isn't nearly as bad as, say, Chicago, but there are some very interesting rules of the road!

The rail yards with a couple of buildings in the distance. This is parallel to Cairo Road, looking south.

The Revenue House, or home to the Zambian version of the IRS. We had to make a couple of stops there to work on our VAT exemption. Interesting building, definitely a pre-colonial government building -- that is, it hasn't seen any improvements in 45 years.

Los Angeles Blvd in the morning. This was known as Sadam Hussein Blvd. until very recently!

It doesn't take long to get out of the city.

And these are some of the roads we raced on this past Sunday.

Our trip yesterday was very definitely into the bush, with many kms up and down on a long dirt road -- complete with passing trucks, steep grades, cows and bicycles! (That's the road that cuts across the photo ahead of us, going upward left to right!)

At the distribution, some local folks showed up with their own bikes. Chicago represent, yo! (But really, a Chicago mountain bike?)

As with many places, the use of the English language can be very creative!

And what day would be complete without a stopover at the Tooters Roadhouse? Or the Golden Pillow Lodge? (Speaking of Tooters, so far my gut has held out pretty well, although I think the travel is starting to get to me. We'll see how the next few days go!)