Day 1 continued: Meeting the Commissioner and the Golden Pillow Lodge!

16:30 Local Time – Arrive in Monze

We’ve just arrived out our hotel in Monze which is quite basic but nice. We’ve been told that we’re about to meet with the Monze District Commissioner so have been given some time to check in and freshen up.

18:30 Local Time – Meeting with the Monze District Commissioner

We’ve just had a meeting and welcome from the Monze District Commissioner. He welcomed us all to Zambia and told us all about the water and sanitation problems faced in Monze and why the work WaterAid does is so important. We all introduced ourselves to him so he understood where we all came from and why we support WaterAid in the way we do. It was great to get such a warm welcome from someone in his position. My first impression of Zambia is of a very warm and friendly country.

20:00 Local Time – Dinner at the Golden Pillow Lodge

We’ve just had our first dinner at the Golden Pillow Lodge in Monze and it was pretty good. I had my first taste of a local dish called Nshima (or Mila Mila) which is a corn and water porridge usually supplemented with fish, chicken or other proteins such as field mice and grasshoppers. Luckily for me they had beef, fish and chicken on the menu tonight so I managed to avoid the mice and grasshoppers!