September/October Photos, Part 2

Do we really have to go?  We were lucky to catch a Peace Corps cruiser passing through Mwinilunga so we could load our remaining few bags for the next adventure.

This is the time of year where the villagers meticulously stack sun-dried bricks into kilns and then fire them for several days to make waterproof bricks for their houses.

Scott timing himself on the hula hoop while the kids watch in awe!

Gina holding a sleeping Miriam (who by the way is scared to death of her whenever she's awake)

A family gathered around their communal pot of nshima for breakfast.

The chief stopped by our village to say goodbye . . . he had just come from Lusaka where he had finished a leadership course and was extremely proud of his graduation clothes!

There was plenty of singing and dancing at our farewell party!

Locals carving hoe handles out of tree trunks.  They attach a metal blade to the end.

These lovely ladies cooked goat for our going away party.

Yet another bush meat was offered to us for sale . . . smoked monkey.  Of course we did not take them up on the offer.

Crushing millet on a stone slab.  This precious flour is mixed into cassava nshima for special occasions.

And look what the cat brought in . . . Badger, do you always have to pick blue-headed lizards?

Gina leading one last pen-pal letter-writing session before leaving the village.

Braiding hair is a typical village pastime on a Sunday afternoon.

All sorts of local CD's are available in the BOMA.  Mostly just amateur recording jobs, but we bought a few for Mwinilunga keepsakes.

The kids help Gina fetch clean drinking water from the spring.