It is wonderful to be back at Nhkata Bay, just chilling out and taking in the stunning scenery. We are all just enjoying reading and buying yesterdays Nation newspaper for the crossword. Food is fantastic here even although they do not have everything available from the menu. Certainly we would recommend the pancakes and bananas. Last night we had dinner by candlelight with Siobhan (McGuire) and our entertainment was playing Bernadette's Brain Gym - I will not share our scores with you, however for some of us there is room for improvement. The previous evening Michael Mountain, singer and instrumentalist originally from Zambia entertained us and then unexpectantly we had access to a tv to see the World Cup Final.
This morning after breakfast we headed down to the bay to see if the LaLa ship was still in the dock. Siobhan was due to sail on it last evening around 8p.m., however this did not happen. She left Mayoka by a small boat around 4.a.m., however, we were fortunate to see her on the ship at 10.00 a.m. The dock was a hive of activity with everything going on the ship; firewood, food, grain, metal poles and of course many, many passengers everywhere. The ship is now scheduled to sail around 11.00a.m. or noon, however, we will not be surprised if it still here well into the afternoon: this is Malawi after all! The saying from Alex Shaba, head teacher of St. Peter's Primary, comes to mind, "We rule time, time does not rule us."
Will post some more pictures soon.
Paweme
Anne, Celia, Paul & Bernadette
Glad to hear that Siobhan managed to meet you for a while! Sounds like a nice night, although having attempted Bernadette's Maths quizzes in the past, I don't like the sound of 'Brain Gym'!
ReplyDeleteWe're also chilling out and relaxing doing crosswords - It's freezing, wet and windy so we can't go out and sitting in doing a crossword is all that's left to do.
ReplyDeleteHowever, the weather is not all, anniversary today so we'll find somewhere to go."We rule weather, weather does not rule us" - I'll keep repeating it until I believe it.
My case with BT has now to moved to level "priority", that's after normal call centre, then wholesale dept, then resolution team, them complex faults team - what can be after priority?
ReplyDeleteImportant news yesterday morning - McNulty beat me at golf, I'll need a few days to recover but the Open golf now on telly and weather is still pretty bad so I've got an excuse for sitting in watching TV.