Last night proved to be very challenging. The electricity was on all night but it was
extremely HOT!! We tried everything we
could to get the chalet to cool off with no success. Finally, at around 2:30 it cooled enough that
we could sleep. Cal heard some
mosquitoes so he used the netting.
Cal was up at 5:45 so he could take some sunrise
photos. After breakfast, we were off to
the hut at around 8:00. It is already
getting hot. The total group was at the
hut working on tying the horizontal sticks.
Rachel continued to cut the nylon strings into manageable lengths for
them to be used to tie sticks, while Cal helped tie the sticks, starting at the
gable end of the outside wall. We worked
until 10:00. We then returned to the
camp so we could pack and be ready to leave for Livingston.
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| Final Sunrise over Mwandi |
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| Old Style Hut on Left |
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| Continuing to tie Cross Sticks |
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| UK Girls and Chaperones at Work |
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| Daughter doing Dishes |
As we said, yesterday we have decided to return to
Livingston because of the continuous heat.
We had our bags packed and were ready to return to Livingston at around
10:30. Matt, one of the staff, drove us back with the Toyota because it had AC. Well, the AC worked for about the first third
of the 2-hour drive. By the time we
reached Livingston it was getting very hot in the vehicle. We did have a little rain on the windshield
on our drive back. This rain seemed to
cool things a little bit. Everyone is waiting on the rains to begin, as with
them, things will cool down. They are
definitely hoping for a good rainy season, as the rivers are so low (30 years
low) and the areas where animals come for water are dry or drying up.
We were very happy to be back at Green tree lodge and the
AC, at least until 2:00 when the electricity went off. The electricity was off from 2:00 pm until
10:00pm today. Green Tree has a
generator, but we did not run the A/C until 10:00pm. We enjoyed taking several dips in their pool
to cool off- it was wonderful. We sat in
the shade by the pool reading and working with the internet when there was a
strong enough signal. As the name implies there are green trees with lots of
shade at the Green Tree Lodge.
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| Green Tree Lodge |
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| Our Chalet |
Because of our change of plans to return to Livingston early
we are trying to change the time of our flights and reservations taking us to
Namibia. We have been able to change the
flights now it is time to change the hotel and car reservations. The internet is unpredictable so it has been
a challenge to work through all of these changes.
Tomorrow we plan to visit Victoria falls.
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