A couple of admin days! This means lots of frustrating waiting around while the boys try to figure out how to organise the proverbial piss up in a brewery. I got clean clothes though - so not all bad!
On Friday night we told one of the students the news that he had been chosen as head boy. He was delighted - as were we as he is an excellent choice.
On Saturday we travelled to the project phase of our expedition at the Shia School. We had arranged with the school that they would cook for us is we provided food, so much of the day was taken up visiting markets and supermarkets trying to get the food we need for 5 days - there are no shops near the school.
We set up our tents in a corner of the school playing field and were greeted by loads of local children. We sent the boys out to litter pick the school grounds - the local children soon got the idea and helped too. I struggled hard to overcome my aversion to being touched by strangers as all the children seemed to want to hold our hards or stroke our skin!
We'd been lead to believe that the toilet facilities here were extremely primitive - but they are actually far better than any of the toilets on Kilimanjaro or at our campsite in Monduli Juu!
On returning to our tents after supper we encountered ants. Or should I say ANTS? They were HUGE - about 2cm long.... much fun was had identifying where they came from, stamping on them and working out that they were far too big to get into a tent through the mesh!
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