Ruaha Game Park

OK this image was taken in 2004 and this time around I am not going! Kevin and the Three left this morning; got through the gate at 11.30am, and I had a text just now saying they were having lunch with the hippos! All this week we've been thinking about the Game Park, and finally it's come. I just didn't feel up to yet another bumpy ride on a hot and dusty road. It is time for me to return to the UK traffic jams!

The weather here in Iringa (at the weekend) is hot, dry and dusty, and in Kilolo (midweek) it is cold, dry and dusty. I've heard that in the UK at last a bit of sun is showing. Hope it stays with you!

At work Kevin is fixing curtains in the computer laboratory, and I am giving feedback to the 'O' level students about their exams. Four of them passed out of six. Of those who failed, one simply can't keep awake in lessons, and the other hasn't been able to pay her school fees. Very sad :(

Hannah, Katy and Jack

Last Saturday my God-daughter, Hannah arrived in Dar es Salaam, together with her two friends, Katy and Jack. They have just finished their 'A' levels, and are here for a few weeks' holiday. For their first week in Africa, we have all been staying in a cottage, enjoying walking in the beautiful scrub-land, riding horses, and swimming in the Ruaha river. It's great to have another guitar player around for campfire songs! It has been COLD at night and in the river, but the sun is hot when it shines. The air is very dry.

This week we will be in Kilolo experiencing school life! Term starts again tomorrow, Monday 9th July, after a two week break, and finishes on 2nd August. This unusual timing is because there is a census in August, when all schools will be on holiday.