who's to say it's not for the best?

i've been quite bad at keeping in touch lately, and for that i apologize. my birthday was quite unforgettable. chris arranged a surprise safari to the nearby national park, which was lovely despite being possibly charged by an angry elephant resulting in our being stuck in a swamp for three hours and chris getting a wretched sun-burn. but that is our style, we don't just go on a safari, we go on an adventure safari. it was great fun and excitement.

we've been focusing most of our time on the solar project, with me dabbling in some cafe work and bookeeping. our time is rapidly drawing to a close and so we're trying to ensure that our impact is as long-lasting and sustainable as possible.

i still take time for trying to absorb as much as possible. yesterday morning, as we were waiting for a dalladalla (minibus)i saw a rather horrible thing. a women climbed out of the dalladalla, the conductor went to get her parcel from the trunk. it was a bucket. the bucket fell over and blood seeped out. then i noticed that in the bucket was a pig head, barely covered by a piece of cloth, it's ear flopping all around. a way to start the day. no pig's heads before 9am please. other strange animal sitings: three goats strapped onto the back of a bicycle, chickens heads popping out of the most unlikely places, actually, most of my images revolve around animals strapped on bicycles. so to those of you who balk at doing grocery shopping on a bike, i say if some people can carry goats, or up to 5 mattresses, or large panes of glass, i can carry some flour and broccoli.

so we're looking at the end of our trip rapidly approaching and towards coming home to the comfort of a recession. if anyone has any leads on jobs for us, please let us know. seriously.

love. annie