Wednesday, 16 March 2011

Arrival 1.1

So we were dropped off in a village and looked for a "pikki-pikki" (motorbike taxi) to give us a lift for the remaining few miles.

I got one but Jonny got a 'croggie' on the back of a push bike first (and paid a tip of course!). Riding on the back of a moped, no crash helmets, at 30-40mph along a pothole-ridden dust track, in the dark, with all the other people and animals sharing the road, was quite hairy! My moped ran out of fuel so we stopped in another village, asked around, and a man brought a can of fuel out from the back of his house – which was probably actually a fuel station! There were quite a few people out in the village, staring & wondering what this white man was doing!

We finally made it to Kahunda…and had a warm welcome and meal from the Anderson family (long-term missionaries) who live next door to Jonny and Arne.

Heathrow to Kahunda in 22 hours! I wonder how long it took Livingston to get to Lake Victoria?!


 

 

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