Last day of my Zambian adventure- Naenda Muzungu (The White is Leaving!)


I know I have kept quiet for a long time but it dawned on me that I only have this little left to enjoy Zambia and my friends, students, work, fun and just live my life here. Also, I had my heart break, tear itself into two, leaving a part in Lusaka.

The past couple of weeks have been more than interesting and I can say that I had an amazing time, I visited the Eastern Province, and stayed there between Mozambique, Zimbabwe and Zambia, admiring the confluence of the Zambezi and Lwangwa, from our lodge on top of a mountaneous plateau. It was breathtaking and I hope I will build my retirement home there, I also plan to move back to Zambia, hopefully in two years, but we will have to wait and see.

I was lucky enough to have the two men I love in Zambia drive me to the airport and that was the best leaving present I could have ever asked for. I will miss everything about my life in Zambia, both the good and the bad, the friendly and the inhumane, the poverty and the richness, the honesty and the corruption, every one of them and so many more make up this beautiful country.

I will apply the same principle my friend Sid applies to goodbies in airports, look at them as a band-aid, short and very painful. Him and Sean asked if I want them to stay more with me until I pass security but I didn't, and they knew why, we were all tearing up by the time 20 minutes passed so it was best for them to leave.

I had a lot of leaving presents that made me realise how treasured I was and am here and how you can make friendships that will last a lifetime in a splitsecond. I cannot wait to see what's next and I feel so much gratitude for my time in Africa! There are many things that I witnessed and learnt, some so cruel and some so heartwarming, all powerful!

I love and hate airports now, they break my heart, but they are such a big part of my life that I can't, don't and won't want to live without them!

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