First, I have made a discovery. I installed the Blogger app to my iPad before leaving for Africa and have only just found out that I can prepare blog posts when I'm offline! So my lesson to learn this week is always double check what your functions are!
Saturday 28th was a party day. It was the one month crew's last Saturday with everyone so we had a big night to celebrate. During the afternoon a number of us wandered into the nearby village to watch a local football match. Nearby a goat had caught it's head in a rope fence so we valiantly set it free and got it back to the herd. Early evening was a collection of drinking games and a little bit of dinner to add some variety. Eventually we all hired some taxis, hit the town and danced crazy for the night. I had an absolutely cracking time!
Sunday 29th was a slow, lazy day. I awoke to discover that I have cracked the screen of my iPad! It's only around the home button but still a total pain. I've got to stop breaking things. I kept migrating from sun to shade and back again throughout the day and joined a small venture to the beach in order to swim in the sea. It all made for a relaxing time.
Our camp manager, Eustace, has informed us that we will be moving to a new camp so that we don't have to share with a bunch of school children that are arriving at some point next month. We have also been told that Kenya is too unsafe to visit so we will be travelling to two game reserves in Tanzania instead. We have also got our work permit photos and $200 back!
Monday 30th marks the final day of June and the halfway point for my adventure in Tanzania. It's felt like it's gone so fast and I've still got so much to do! The toilet hole has come along really well with us building the walls for the pit and preparing for the floor to be put in. The walls have only had 2 days of work on them and they're already reached 5ft high. I also received a message from home telling me my accommodation for university has been accepted! It's a wonderful day :)
Tuesday 1st has been a fun start to the month. One of my tent mates, Mike, and I have had a real bro day. Everything from deep conversations to jamming to music on my iPad. He's a Yorkshire lad through and through and makes for a top tent mate. It's been such a great time making friends out here.
Wednesday 2nd was a long hard battle to lay a single brick. We eventually got it done but it took way too long! In the evening I indulged my creative side and wrote a couple of mini stories about people in camp. I've started getting requests so my free time will be kept occupied!
Thursday 3rd started with exercise of all things! I joined some of the others to do a morning workout and spent the rest of the day sore. A load of new arrivals have joined us today and our total has leapt ahead to an incredible 50 strong! It's a good thing we're moving to a bigger camp!
Friday 4th saw us make our move to the new camp. It's larger than the old one and has a house for a social space. Instead of going to school we chased goats around the local village, attempting to de-worm them! Not to blow my own trumpet but my inner vet was having a field day. I was loving it!
I've had one incredible month already and I cannot wait for what the rest of July has in store for me! The safari camp may interfere with my blog uploads but I shall do my best to find a way around it.
See you all next week (I hope!)
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