Tonight a goodbye feast was prepared and had in the middle of the Zambezi. If you think you read incorrectly you didn’t. The gang at Chit went out into the middle of the Zambezi River on the pontoon and parked it there open game for all the crocs swimming beneath but thankfully they seemed to already have eaten and didn’t stop by.

At six fifteenish everyone was down to the pontoon and we pushed out and by everyone Chit is actually bustling with people even with some gone (baileys, Hannas) A table and chairs were spread around the metal apparatus and sorrowfully I didn’t bring a camera. There were pictures flashing all around me however, so many I can leech some before I leave Chit on thursday. The week will be busy so this was the best time for it and it worked well.

In the dimmed light you could look up and look at the cloudy milky way and other stars. A few people started trying to show different constalations, but when trying to show them it’s really just the other person nodding and having absolutely no idea what the person is talking about. All went well.

The chairs were flimsy plastic chairs, so half way through I was shifting back and forth trying to find comfort that was never designed to be there and checking my watch but by 8:30 we were packing up and were on our way. All in all the night was a huge success and probably not the last one to happen this year at Chit, however, it will be the last one I attend for a long time to come.

I packed everything up today. Going around the flat and gathering up the mess I’d managed to make over the last three months was at times a memory piece for me. Seeing the different drawings I’d done in different places reminded me of which roomate I’d had when I’d made them and why I was bored at that moment and began doodling.

In the first room I slept in is stored my suitcases with a LOT less then I came with and almost feeling like all the stuff could fit into one, but I want to have the option of getting gifts in Lusaka so I spread it between two and both look only half full now. However, the clothes that are left out will consolodate that. On Tuesday I have the oppertunity to go out into the bush with Dorothy, and I’m excited about that.

Monday I go in to get a two day extension on my visa so I won’t be arrested before my flight out.

Things are wrapping down, and I think I’m now ready to go home. I’ve had a wonderful three months that have definetly changed my mindset if not changed me. I’m just ready to go home and see my family and friends and more people… my age…

Carl.

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