Monday morning at the office

The first thing they teach you at guide school is not to run in the bush; only food runs! - so we agreed that running down the un-fenced airstrip with a vehicle slowly trailing behind, for fitness reasons, probably wasn't our wisest decision. So last night we formally started our own "bushfit" club outside the managers pool. Admittedly "club" is a bit of an exaggeration with only 2 members, but with any luck it will be 3 this evening.
Today's tasks include a management meeting to present proposed actions from recent market research, visiting Robert the onsite tailor to get my uniform altered, getting Steve in the workshop to make a couple of bush-fit "implements" and writing an article on the local Pangolin release activity. Not your average day in the bush, but our first walking safari went out this morning and unfortunately I was not able to join, despite getting up stupidly early and being all prepared to set off with a couple of Italian guests; hopefully next time will be more successful.
Hosting is a significant part of guiding and often more important than the knowledge you share... so we are kicking off a new "lunch and learn" programme here with the guiding team on Tuesday. The first session, called "Meet and Greet" is all about getting to know your international guests. Our local guides have never left Zambia, and despite being highly knowledgeable about the bush, some have never been to school and therefore have varying levels of literacy - how to make the nuances of different European cultures interesting and exciting to Africans who possibly don't know where or what Europe is, will be a challenge indeed!