Wednesday, October 27, 2010
Free Fall.
Friday morning- 6:30 am- Drinking coffee- Reading- Getting ready for another day at the hospital. Amber walks into the hut, abruptly takes a seat in front of me, stares for a bit, and says "we need to talk". This was the "we need to talk" that is usually followed by "I'm mad at you for throwing a mango at me" or "I don't like it when you flick geckos on me". Seeing as it wasn't even 7am yet, I was almost certain I had done none of those things. So I let her talk. She informed me that there was a hospital truck leaving for Harare in 30 minutes. What this meant for us is that we could attempt to fulfill our dream of visiting Victoria Falls (one of the 7 natural wonders of the world, which is a mere 17 hour drive from our hospital), before Amber departed in 4 days. It also meant that we needed to pack our bags in 10 minutes, take a 4 hour car ride to Harare, find a bus from Harare to Vic Falls, get to Vic Falls, then find lodging. The stars aligned. We made it to Harare, got the last two seats on the only bus going to Victoria Falls, survived the 13 hours bus ride, and found a hostel within 7 minutes of being in Vic Falls. I don't know how we did it, but I truly believe that Amber and I pulling this one off is a close contender for the 8th wonder. Just saying.
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hey Kial,
ReplyDeletei didnt know you were involved in such an awesome trek. I also didnt know you are such a trekker.What gives and what is your influence. Anyway, my friend works for www.underthebaobabtree.org. And they do the same thing, and I would like to travel there an help out. Can you give me any tips or advice in getting ready for such a trip there. What to expect and what do I need.
when do u get back
hugs and kisses.
Edrick
Hey Edrick,
ReplyDeleteGood to hear from you. How are you? Enjoying the Giants mania, I hope!
Just saw me first baobab tree last week, tried (and failed horribly) to knock the fruit off.
The trip has been great so far. God brought me here to work at an understaffed mission hospital that serves over 200,000 people in the most rural parts of Northern Zimbabwe. The hospital is run by a missionary from my parents church in Sonoma County, she has lived here for over 30yrs and the work that she does is beyond incredible, I don't think she is human, she pretty much runs the hospital/mission/village single-handedly. I came because I wanted to help!!!
I would love to give you tips! Do you know when/where you are going? What you will be doing?
I'll be back first week of Dec, looking forward to catching up!