Day 11

Today was our last full day here in Zambia.  It was scheduled as a day of rest.  We got an early start since we would be taking a long bus ride to our destination.  We traveled to a park that was also a small animal reserve.  The park is situated on a smallish lake and it was a very peaceful place to spend the day.

Wilbroad and some of the staff of Lighthouse treated us to a very nice BBQ.  The first course was BBQ wings.  Once those were scarfed down we began cooking the second course.  For some reason Wilbroad wanted me to help do the cooking.  While we did that most of the rest of the team went to visit the reptile house.  They had quite a selection of them including a number of very poisonous ones. They also let you handle some of them.  I had to wait until after lunch to go, but got to make the acquaintance of this python.

The rest of lunch included BBQ chicken, sausage and hot dogs. It was all delicious.  We then took a bus ride through the animal reserve.  We saw a number of different antelope, water bucks, and 2 giraffes.   We had hoped to see the zebras, but didn’t find them.  It was a very dusty ride.

On the drive back to Spree we stopped at a street market to purchase soccer jerseys. Then a quick stop at the Pizza Hut to order our pizza for the evening meal.  Once the pizza was delivered we had dinner and then our last team meeting.  Joel spent a good portion of the time encouraging each member of the team which was very meaningful.  Then off to our usual games.

Emilianne taking a stroll with one of the Lighthouse staff members.