The rainy season has definitely begun. Traffic is unbelievable, there is water everywhere and sadly there have been some fatal flash floods across the country.
Tuesday was particularly bad. I met Richard for a coffee after school as we were both stuck in traffic and when the traffic calmed down we decided to go to mine. It was about 7pm when we drove up my drive and were greeted by a rather large tree! It had come down from the neighbour's compound, broken through the wall and was stretched out across almost our entire land, completely blocking access. I rang my landlord who came quickly and was surprisingly good humoured about it all. He seemed pleased by all the fresh firewood!
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| Surveying the damage |
Sadly, this was the day when I wore a fitted pencil skirt to work. I gave up on my heels and went barefoot, hitching up the skirt to climb over the fence and go across the rather boggy lawn to get into my house to retrieve clothes and things for the next few days. We were without power for 48 hours and the wall has only just been re built. The joys of Africa in the rains!
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