Now as I have explained before things never quite work here as they should. You may recall that on my first I day had one final purchase to make, a pair of sandals, which I successfully made in Stone Town. Well they took a while to break in and just when they were becoming comfortable disaster. African quality.
Never mind Abdullah is seeing if he can get them repaired.
Today was the day that we got to see what progress the children have been making when they had to do their English assessment. When we arrived at school the children seemed to be on better behaviour than the last 2 days but that might have been due to the unusually high number of absentees (5). I am not sure if I can put this all down to the test but in one respect it would help us as the class was smaller and more manageable. I think Amy, Ellie, Marcie and Jess should all take note of the conditions that these tests are taken in and not complain the next time they have to do one at Waldegrave. We will have to wait and see how they have got on although I have a pretty good idea on most of the children.
I was able to capture a picture of one of the many friends who live in our well, claws the crab, who as you may recall has been short of water over the course of our stay. However, he seems to be very comfortable now and our only worry is that he may end up in one of bathrooms which I think is of particular worry to Lyns.
Friday afternoon is when we get to play with the kids on the beach. Football, sand castles or just simple catch are the usual activities except this week Meg came up with a new game. Catching balloons filled with water. It was a stupendous idea and one that all the kids and girls really enjoyed. Especially when one exploded on me and that made everyone laugh.
I was also confronted my one of life's more unusual sights late in the afternoon, a small group of cows walking on the beach, which is just another one of those out of the ordinary sights that you come across here.
Being Friday night it was another BBQ in the hostel grounds where Super was due to make the girls hamburgers and me some fish, a result of me being uncomfortable with the meat as this is also from the market bought on our cultural experience day. Fortunately for the girls Super recognised the smell of decay and decided to abandon the burgers for Calamari. A lucky escape. We discussed many topics over dinner including Stone Henge and the druids. Meg explained that she had as a child danced around the May Pole and thought this had been great fun. She was though horrified to find out that this in fact represented dancing round a phallic symbol. She has since tried to put this out of her mind
Finally I feel I need to explain my new friend, Samsung, who has made life much more comfortable here as I have been able to keep up with events from home, both by email and the web, and most importantly being able to Skype with Sally and the girls. Thank you Sam.
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