Still nomadic...

Today is the day I move out of the CommonWealth Institute and down to Livingstone. It's been a whirlwind of a week - in no particular order, I've:

1. Become a millionaire
2. Made lots of new friends
3. Had a bizarre 2 hours in the home counties, at the British High Commission
4. Acquired a Zambian work permit (the photo is particularly gormless)
5. Met my boss, who is lovely and seems to be hoping that I'm also an HR expert...

And I haven't...

1. Bought any equipment for my house (it doesn't have furniture yet...)
2. Learnt any Zambian languages (apparently 4 are spoken in Livingstone)
3. Worked out exactly how I'm getting to Livingstone (but I leave in 20 mins...)
4. Had time to be homesick!

Hopefully the journey will be okay, I can't wait to see my house.

More from Livingstone!

Arrived safely!

The flight was uneventful, spent chatting to another volunteer and watching Where the Wild Things Are.

I'm now staying at the CommonWealth Institute on the University of Zambia campus for a week, sharing a room with Lena, a girl I met on one of my UK training courses. So far everyone's friendly, VSO Zambia were very efficient at whisking us through the airport and Lena and I wandered into town to a very ex-pat mall and bought sim cards. My phone is now working with a Zambian number - 00260974258224. So feel free to text, or calls cost about 1.4p a minute on skype. A few people have asked for a postal address - you should be able to send things to my new office at Contact Trust Youth Association,PO Box 61050, Livingstone, Zambia.

Nothing else to report except that it's finally stopped raining, and it's now a lovely sunny day!

Last day...

Boxes packed and carried to my wonderful grandparents': 20

Call centres spoken to: 4 million and 6

Leaving parties: 5

Lovely presents and cards: Too many to count

Plane tickets received: 1

Next blog post from Lusaka!!!

Leaving party!

Thanks everyone for coming along on Saturday. It's wonderful having everyone you like in the same place at the same time, I think I might move to Zambia more often!

As you can see, Ted also had a great time, and is looking forward to his Highgate adventure.