Day to day life has already thrown up its challenges. I've started to use the mosquito net after a few bites and sleepless nights with constant buzzing. I should be high and dry enough to avoid malaria but I'm taking tablets anyway. In actual fact, mozzies are the least of my worries. The house, as previously stated is a popular haven for the local ant colony, herd of cockroaches, and selection of spiders and has even hosted grasshoppers, a scorpion and a snake. Hands up all those who still want to come to visit?
Regular evening power cuts have made cooking interesting. Thankfully, my solar shower does not look like it is about to run out of power any time soon. We are provided with a kerosene stove but it helps if you buy the fuel first. As long as you are frying something it's not too hard to transfer over. So far I've made tuna pasta, lentil curry and veggie burgers. While some of you roll around laughing at this prospect, I can assure you that the meat hanging up in the heat surrounded by flies does not look entirely appetising. We were provided with a recipe book to cook British and Ethiopian food with the ingredients available. I've already earmarked bread, pizza, my brownies, fish cakes and some local "tibs" and "shiro". The local Saturday market provides a little more choice than the local shop as eggs, peppers and various spices can be added to my larder.
Power cuts at work meant starting to download the latest virus definitions about eight times the other day. I wish I had brought a spare laptop battery. On the upside – one, I've finally got the Internet sorted at my house so I can receive your emails thick and fast and two, I have a maid who washes my clothes, mops the floor and generally tidys up. Although she has been prone to choosing which clothes get washed. What is she trying to tell me?
I know I appear to finish every blog entry with "I'm off/have been drinking", but I assure you that it's an entire coincidence. Today's establishment was in the local village called Mylomin (meaning Water Lemon) where I drank more "tej" – the honey flavoured wine from conical flasks as seen in the pictures at flicker.com. The village also plays host to the source of the bottled water with the same name.
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1 comment:
Love the pics you've posted, it certainly looks a beautiful place, and what an added bonus that you can have a drink down the local boozer!!----- sounds like heaven hee-hee
take care xx
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