After meeting with our contacts in the Department of Surgery at the University Teaching Hospital in Lusaka, we left our comfortable surroundings of the
Taj Hotel to inhabit the quaint guest cottage on the hospital property (good-bye swimming pool, good bye
wi-
fi, good-bye air conditioning). We fought ants,
mosquitos, and had to bathe in a bathtub that was hardly wider than my butt that had a handheld
showerhead with all the power of a water pick. We decided this was a little more "Africa" than where we had started.
The cottage is equipped with a small kitchen, and to help save money, Pat and Kristin set out in a taxi to find a grocery store so we could make something for dinner. A 60,000
kwacha (about $13
USD) round trip taxi ride later, they returned with bread,
peanutbutter, honey, beef bouillon, eggs, a bag of chips, a bag of cookies, some bottled water, and soda (Coke Light--it's delicious). We had feast of peanut butter and honey sandwiches.
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