Voice of an African Nation

BY NICK MARSHALL, ZAMBIA, AFRICA -- In an internet cafe and typing by the dollar. Well more like cents. The money is odd to get used to -- they deal with thousands instead of singles. Bought a sub, cost 10200 kwacha. So far the experience here has been nerve-wracking, wonderful, stressful, beautiful, sad, tiring and a million other things. The flights were exhausting and seemed all to melt into the same day. We are staying at a housing compound provided by Dr. N'goma. He is very nice and very excited to have us; he welcomes us enthusiastically, as do all members of his staff. Everyone there is very friendly. When we first got access to an internet cafe I e-mailed my parents and we learned of the bomb scare at the Heathrow airport. We learned from an e-mail from Shawn's parents that it happened right after we took off from London. This whole trip has been close calls and things falling out of place only to be put back together at the last second so that we can move forward.