Flight home

There's nothing exciting about being in airports and aeroplanes for 28 hours. On the planes there are food and films. On the ground - well it depends on the airport.

Three days before leaving Zambia we stood in a market of timber stalls surrounded by mud brick buildings. On the day we left Africa we spent nine hours at Tambo Airport. In the market we could buy basic foods cheaply, and assorted clothing second hand.

At the airport there was a wide range of processed food at the food court, and the latest in brand name clothing, electronics and souvenirs. At the market many people struggled to buy the things they needed. In the airport were people with far more money than they needed to live on.

We may live on the same planet, but we live in different worlds.
Those of us in the developed world must find ways to share what we have in ways that will provide the resources for those in the undeveloped world to help lift them up.