Its July! Today was a fairly quiet day in terms of any interesting blog material. We got up when we woke which turned out to be around 8.30 and had another fine Mongu breakfast (it not some local delicacy its just Rice Krispies and ham sandwiches washed down with apple juice but it oh so good). After breakfast we set about measuring the guesthouse site so we could draw it in AutoCAD, they did this last year but alot had changed and their drawing isn’t great (its shite to be honest). We however still only have our three shitty measuring tapes (we had 4 but one was worse at measuring than an Irish politician is at recalling large sums of cash resting in their bank accounts, so we threw it out). We surveyed the site as accurately as possible but when you have the Fiaana Fáil of the measuring tape world things are bound to be slightly wrong (political messages in the blog I didn’t see that happening). Later we realised we had forgotten to take a good few measurements so we have to give it a go again tomorrow. Once we finished measuring we headed to the Chesire Homes centre to have some dinner. My god what a dinner. There was so much food. There was five bowls (wheel barrows might be a better word) full of food on the table. There was rice, mince, ham, vegetables and potatoes. We all ate far more than was necessary but it was just so good it was impossible to stop (you do feel a bit of an asshole eaten lots of food here though cause ethers starving people all around). After dinner we got stuck listening to Indian nun (Str. Mary- Ann I think( tell long tedious stories, about spirituality and religion (oh great my favourite topic).Eventually we got away and went on the internet in the chapel (I’m aware of the irony).Soon Sr. Cathy came along and Dan had to help her sort out the internet connection on her laptop. Me and Áine headed off to the guesthouse with her where Augustine was going to show us the site for the new Blockyard (they don’t own the old one and the owners want their land back).He showed us a large plot full of trees and 2 graves (ok). The sand on the path down to the site was so deep and soft it was hard to walk. Mongu is on the edge of the Kalahari Desert (spelt wrong I’m sure) and as a result it like a beach with the sand everywhere. It was really hard to walk on its just so soft. We are going to survey and draw the plans for the new yard. The evening was even less eventful with us all sitting around laptops writing and drawing. One thing did standout though. I was outside in the dark trying to check some of the measurements when I tuned to see the silhouette of one of the guard dogs not too far away. It was a tense standoff for a few seconds before he began barking like crazy and running towards me (oh shit he might have rabies) so I ran for the house faster than some Zambia meals would run through your bowels. It as crazy I just made it into the house and slammed the door behind me. The damn dog stayed outside barking for ages. After drawing for ages I eventually I took a break to play some Championship Manager and try and win the European cup with Paris FC. Afterwards we watched the first part of “Full Metal jacket” (the good, funny part) before bed (what a cool film). Then it was time to go to where I lie now and now I need sleep so good night.
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