Garden dwellers

Pictures of some of the things we've found in our garden...three naughty children in a wheelbarrow being pushed by a guard/gardener, and a three-legged chameleon. You see all sorts in Africa!

It's quite helpful having the guards sometimes; especially the ones who like playing with the kids. It's gives Libby a break every now and then. So she can do exciting things like cooking, washing, cutting up bits of pig etc.

The latter refers to the 10 kilos of freshly slaughtered pig we bought this week. I brought half of that home in my rucksack when I came back from work. Another first.

The kids went back to school this week, which gave Libby a bit more relief, and time to do exciting things (almost). I've been really busy at work, trying to get my first set of monthly management accounts out and working on the budgets for next year. And we've just had a huge tax assessment from the TRA (Tanzanian Revenue Authority) which I'll have to start arguing with fairly shortly. All good fun...

We are driving to Dar on Thursday to pick up Libby's parents - our first real venture outside Dodoma. This should be fun (sort of). Hopefully the 6 hour drive there won't be too traumatic (road works and diversions permitting).

Next week we'll give Libby's parents a guest spot on the blog - so they can tell you what it's really like!