"The Real Africa"

For the last few days of the trip, Todd and I headed to Zambia to see Victoria Falls and take a little vacation from our vacation. We stayed at a great backpackers called Jollyboys in Livingstone. The grounds contained chill outdoor spaces, a good restaurant and a nice pool area. I noticed on the activities board the hostel was shuttling people to the local orphanage, Lubasi Home, to play soccer with the kids. Soccer in Zambia? Yes, please.

When we arrived, the clear leader of the group said to us, "You get your team together and we will get ours." Wow, thought we might mix it up but I guess it was on. We played for over two hours, they were pretty fierce competition. What really impressed me was how they kept the ball in control on such a shiteous pitch...in bare feet! I must have face planted (not kidding) three or four times just tripping on rocks and non-level ground. When the score was 6-6, the six players on our team were donzo but the boys said we will play to 10. Uff. The next 30 minutes were brutal and we lost 11-6 haha. Lesson learned.