Electricity reaches Volunteer Village

This week there have been big developments, we have had low wattage LED lights installed in our hut. These are run by a battery, which is charged during the day using solar panels. So now we can read in the evening and don’t have to rely on wind up torches and lamps.

I have been working on the farm continuing to replace the bamboo edging to the paths and then bringing more white pebbles from the beach to make the paths look clean and tidy.

The weather in getting hotter and by midday it is very hot, so a swim every day before lunch and maybe again after 5 is welcome, the lake looks like a sea so when you dive in and its clean fresh water, then it’s always a surprise.

I continue to add new birds to the list, crowned hornbill, fire finches, blue waxbills and some others I haven’t found names for yet, still looking in the bird book.

Every night the fishing boats are out, with their lamps, attracting fish. They come to the lodge in the day and sell Chambo and Kampango, (Catfish) Both are delicious. The catfish is not muddy in taste but very clean and fresh tasting just like the water here.

It’s now Saturday lunchtime, we will tidy our hut today, sweep out the sand from the floor and rearrange some stuff. How little we need to get on and enjoy our lives. Tomorrow we may canoe, or if we get up early, walk to Mala for church at 8.00 and then go visit some of the staff there for “tea”.

We heart this week that a Lion has been seen on the road from Cobue to Metangula, maybe 3 hours from here but still exciting since it means that game is returning to the area.