I hesitate to send this picture of Matt on the local bus today since it simply does not do justice to the layers of grim, broken seats, and over crowding. Matt is actually sitting on a dropdown jumpseat that has a totally lose cushion with very little stuffing left and a frame so bent they stuck an old plastic water jug underneath to prop it up. To top it all off the guy that collected our money nudged him over and shared the seat! We were late leaving the bus station because they had trouble wedging the box of tomatoes onto the lap of the lady in front of him. The real joy came when our bus with no springs hit the deep potholes in the road on our way to Kasompe.
Our friend Catherine finally arrived in Chingola today after a multi-day bus ride from South Africa which included a long delay getting across the border, another delay after her bus hit a donkey in the middle of the night and had to wait for a substitute bus and yet another long delay when the replacement bus had a flat tire.
Oh the joys of travel in Africa....
