Bwanji!

In May and June of 2007, 13 undergraduate students from Northern Michigan University are taking a field course in Zambia. Most of the students are majors in the Biology department, and all of them will be doing short field studies of their own design while on the ground in Zambia. The group will be making a stop in London on the way, spending four days seeing Zambia/Africa-related British sites (Burton's tomb, Livingstone's artefacts at the Royal Geographic Society, the British Museum of Natural History, etc.) and adjusting to the time change. The course is being led by me, Dr. Alec Lindsay, a professor in the Department of Biology at NMU, and Dr. Jackie Bird - a parasitologist in our department. We have made this blog so students can hopefully post notes thoughts, pictures and discoveries to the world. This should allow classmates, teachers, family and friends to share in their insights and keep track of their travels. Not only that, but viewers of the blog can add comments to posts - please do! We would love to hear your thoughts. Zikomo!

22 May 2007

zambia- we are here!

Bwanji!

To those who are worried about me (my parents) I am doing well and the rest of the group is holding together. We finally arrived after a long day of travel. Whew. It feels good to be all settled in for a few days. The road trip was very interesting, although I couldn't stay awake. My hardest problem is trying to find a bathroom each time we stop, which hasn't been horrible. The people here are very friendly, but at times it is hard to understand them. In need of some sleep! Hope all is well in the states...

3 comments:

Ralph said...

I'm not worried.

We are in Annapolis for Beth's graduation, but house has wifi so will be checking net sometime each day.

Love, Dad

Living My Best Life said...

My house also has wifi so I will also be checking the net sometime each day...

Love, Brother

Anonymous said...

Be safe have fun! The pictures look awesome! I am jealous :)

Britt