Ok Sorry it has taken so long to get this all done. I do have two small kids and a lot going on. I also miss Africa and sometimes that makes me not want to write about it....don't know if that makes sense.
This is a travel post. We did a lot of travelling in our van within 3 countries. Zambia, Zimbabwe and Botswana.
In our travels we came to a lot of different things. Like there are some VERY nice roads and then there are some VERY bad roads. We also found out that Zambia now has radar....who knew.
We saw a lot of things we expected to see but we also saw a lot that we didn't expect.
We saw a lot of people on bikes and walking. We saw a lot of road side stands.
This was one that we saw going from Lusaka to Ndola....we actually stopped here to pick up a watermelon. We gave it to a family that we visited...which we found out later that the lady of the house didn't like watermelon....lol. Opps.
This is a furniture store in Ndola. Yup outside. Some of them had tarps laying close by for the sudden rain. 
In this pic you can see the sign to our guest house that we stayed at in Ndola....we drove by this lady and her roasted corn stand at least 2 or 3 times a day. I wanted to try it but found out that it is not sweet corn like we have here....sooo yeah no thanks.
As we were driving somewhere, can't even remember where, but we saw this truck. My dad moves houses and both Jeremy and I have driven a pilot truck with a wide load sign on it. I had to get this picture. 
Can anyone guess what this is???? Yup you guessed right. A tire shop. Some have a sign, others just has a pile of tires. So look like they move location daily, others have half buried tires as a boundary around them.
I saw this truck full of people and by this time it had not been the first one, but this time they were all singing and making noise. Jer's parents said that it must be a funeral procession. Singing and wailing in morning.....wow they were loud....my feelings were very mixed.
Haha we saw a lot of women carrying stuff on their heads....sooo cool....but this is a picture of two guys that both have something on their heads....never thought I would see it but I did.
A full truck
Lots of fruit stand on the side.
Veggies too.
Jer got his drivers for emergency just in case...but he took up the offer to drive for a little bit anyway. It was a ridiculously bumpy pot holey road. I think I may have almost hit my head and Jers mom was sitting in the back just about getting car sick. Glad he did it tho.
Can you guess this one???
I saw this truck full of people and by this time it had not been the first one, but this time they were all singing and making noise. Jer's parents said that it must be a funeral procession. Singing and wailing in morning.....wow they were loud....my feelings were very mixed.
Haha we saw a lot of women carrying stuff on their heads....sooo cool....but this is a picture of two guys that both have something on their heads....never thought I would see it but I did.
A full truck
Lots of fruit stand on the side. 
Veggies too.
Jer got his drivers for emergency just in case...but he took up the offer to drive for a little bit anyway. It was a ridiculously bumpy pot holey road. I think I may have almost hit my head and Jers mom was sitting in the back just about getting car sick. Glad he did it tho. 
Can you guess this one???Sure you can, its a car wash. This was actually a pretty nice one. They can range from just a couple of buckets of water and soaps and some guys to a tin covered area to park with a nice wooden sign. This one is in the middle sign written on the cement and there is more than one guy.
This at a border crossing. Baboons are everywhere.
This at a border crossing. Baboons are everywhere. I used the bathroom once at a border crossing. The THEE most disgusting bathroom I have ever used.
Another furniture store....this time no tarps.
Ok so these goats had no one looking after them.....but they stayed in a pack and stayed off the road....it was soo crazy to see them.
A close up of a women with a HUGE basket on her head.
The main goal in this picture was to show you how they carry their kids until they are like 2. But it is really a pretty good picture of some of the huts that they live in in rural villages. Oh and do you see what the mom and baby are wearing ....it is like 20 C ....that is what it is right now and my kids are wearing tank tops and shorts.
Another furniture store....this time no tarps. 
Ok so these goats had no one looking after them.....but they stayed in a pack and stayed off the road....it was soo crazy to see them. A close up of a women with a HUGE basket on her head. 
The main goal in this picture was to show you how they carry their kids until they are like 2. But it is really a pretty good picture of some of the huts that they live in in rural villages. Oh and do you see what the mom and baby are wearing ....it is like 20 C ....that is what it is right now and my kids are wearing tank tops and shorts. 
These are charcoal bundles. They had them sitting here to sell. We saw people walking and riding bikes with them....we even saw a guy on his bike with like 4 or 5 bundles some how attached to his bike....it was crazy.
Cattle truck.
car wash
plowing the field.
Cattle truck.
car wash
plowing the field.
Tallest building in Zambia.
Some other info that is interesting
Some other info that is interesting -when stopped by the police you get out of the car to talk to them other wise you get in trouble.
-there are no emission standards.
-we would NEVER buy a used vehicle there.
- I thought it was rude to take a picture of the guys that sell things on the street....literally at a stop light walking between cars....we closed our windows then.
This is an experience I will never forget. I know that I have probably missed adding a bunch of stuff I wanted to add, but oh well.
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