Following an overnight flight departing Thursday evening from San Francisco to London, around five hours in Terminal 5 at Heathrow (just not enough time to actually get out and do something constructive while waiting), and another overnight flight to Lusaka (if it's Saturday, it must be Zambia), I finally arrived to begin my volunteer posting. In talking with a few other VSO recruits on the London to Lusaka leg of the journey, little did we know what a large arriving group was involved. The bus that came out early Saturday morning to retrieve us was so overwhelmed with baggage that a second vehicle was secured. All told, some 17 folks arrived, to be followed by several others on diferent connecting flights.
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| Debarking at Lusaka |
The first week in country is devoted to orientation, training and preparation for our specific placements. We're all staying at the Commonwealth Youth Program facility at the University of Zambia campus. Next Saturday, we leave for our ultimate destinations (some staying in Lusaka, and others headed for diverse locales around the country).
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