Esher High School Zambia 2023

 Good evening ladies and gentlemen!! Today we present to you the 2nd to last blog of Zambia, so we are expecting plenty of comments (cough cough, the Donaldson's, you have been very quiet!!) We started off with a late breakfast...it was supposed to be at 7:30 but was served at 8:20! All the boys had a lazy sleep in because Ben, their alarm, ignored his own alarm and did not wake them up! At 10am we set of for our big trip to Vicky Falls, it was nice and moist...! We got up close and personal with the baboons! We began by hiking down to the Boiling Pot which was a torturous hike through the baboon ridden jungle up and over rocks and through streams! It was all worth it as we were treated to stunning views of the bottom of the falls!! After we hiked back up through the baboon ridden jungle we crossed the Knife-Edge Bridge and broke into uncontrollable laughter as Amelie stacked it on the bridge which we caught from multiple camera angles!! Once we stopped laughing we were treated to ...

 

 Hello all, 'Tis us again! Today was far more eventful than our blog debut, however, it started much later at 7:30. Later that morning, we were served a lovely fry up for breakfast! 'Twas scrumdiddlyumptious!!! After brekkie, we headed up to the local market. We were given the masterclass in the art of haggling by the legend that is Mr Horrod! We were let loose into the market and the locals did not know what hit them! There was a range of success....some conned their way to glory whilst others were completely fleeced!  For lunch, after we stuffed our faces with snacks from Shoprite between 11am-12pm, we were treated to pancakes loaded with lemon juice and sugar! In the afternoon, we enjoyed a 3-man shower, which involved singing, dancing and all round sensational entertainment! Unfortunately, Mr Horrod did not enjoy our performance, as we were met with spine tingling sentence..."Was that you lot making up there making that racket. there are other people in this hotel!?...

 Morning!  Not many students around this morning at 07.30! I think "Chris" will do now! Market day - prepare yourselves for gifts! Full blog later Chris

 Our day started out with an early 7am for 7.30 breakfast...which arrived at 8.15!! Zambia time strikes again.  We left Fawlty Towers at 8.30 for our 15 minute walk to the Livingstone Rhinos pitches. A brisk set up was needed, with 4 pitches to prepare for today's matches. We then had to organise about 250 kids into their teams and get wrist bands on them. We were then ready for the tournament.  We started at about 1030 in the end and the tournament went smoothly without hiccups and was very laid back. Finishing just after 1 we headed back to Fawlty Towers on our 15 minute walk - with a heavy Gilbert kit bag, which had wheels but they don't work! We got back at 130 and the pool was open at 2.00. We jumped in for a quick 30 minute plunge before having pancakes glazed in lemon sauce and sugar before our river cruise at 330.  The views on the river cruise were astonishing, helped with bottomless soft drinks! James loved it and said he had to take a step back from the Fa...

 

 The group witnessed a Zambian speciality today:  22 teams on the tournament list - 300 children turn up expecting to play!  Once the Livingstone Tag Rugby leaders had sorted out the team selection chaos it was time to get going. The Esher group were an absolutely wonderful, professional team after their experiences of all the tournaments so far and the programme ran 'like clockwork' finishing ahead of schedule. Congratulations to every single one of them for their performance today - could not have been more proud! This is written in s short break before we head out for the Zambezi River Cruise. Get back on the blog later this evening. Chris

This morning I woke up at 6:30 thanks to Bens amazing wake up calls. I had scrambled egg sandwiches and jam on toast. After breakfast we went to the school I was coaching at and held a tournament for all the schools that we have been coaching. We got there and set up the pitches. Sami and I taught the kids the Haka. I refereed some of the games on my pitch, however  I may have missed a couple of offsides. None of the teams from my school made it to the final the tournament was very competitive! Cassie's team won and were very happy! There were a few tears from the team that came second! After the tournament we went to the camp we were staying in and packed up quickly then had lunch for the last time in Zimbabwe.  We said our goodbyes and headed to the border back into Zambia. We had to walk across the border and got to see Victoria Falls. Then once we were past border force, we made our way to Fawlty Towers Hotel and went to our rooms to unpack. We are staying in dorm with bun...