Goodbye to a great flatmate
on Rob Wootton (Zambia), 30/May/2011 15:04, 34 days ago
A top weekend for a good friend and a wonderful flatmate. It was a busy few days and for me both happy and sad times with Andrew leaving Maz and Zambia, though it was the right time for him to go before working at the Council drove him mad; I may feel the same about DATF in a few months time. In honour of Andrew we finally got around to playing a game of Frisbee. A mixture of us volunteers and some of our Zambian friends charged around a field chasing after a flying disc with a Canadian flag on it, which was lots of fun and something we should have done sooner given how many of us were red faced and knackered at the end. Later on Saturday night there was plenty of the usual tasty food, a few games of pool, the Champions League final and on Andrew’s insistence we visited a local nightclub in Maz called Afrikana Fiesta. This resulted in the usual over attention and close, in your face dancing from the locals so we did not stay too long.The goodbyes continued on Saturday and Sunday with lots of people visiting to wish Andrew well and also hoping that he would change his mind and stay a little bit longer. To my surprise the Council managed to organise themselves and did Andrew proud with a good send off of speeches, food, presents and amusing (or silly) dancing. It all showed that he will be missed by many including me.