Early in the day we got Sue's phone cards sorted out although still having difficulty loading them in.
On the way back fom CelTel there was a group of African religious dancers putting on a show (making a film) in the central town roundabout. They were all dressed in shirt and tie and were very good. We have photos, but they'd packed up by the time we could get to the video camera.
We went on a bit of a pub crawl today. We started at a newish lodge one of the locals had built and had a couple of Tusker beers there. This lodge is a typical african type motel. We then venture further down the road and had a really nice lunch at an Ethiopian restaurant. Jim had fried lamb in a little heated pot (a bit like chinese mongolian lamb) and Sue had fried spicy fish that was very nice.
They had a bird there that could talk in Swahili but he was a bit hard to get on camera. He'd stop every time the video camera was pointed at him.
We then went and watched a wedding - they might have up to 50 weddings over the space of 3-4 hours in the middle of one of the roundabouts just out of the city centre. They have bands on the back of utes driving around and they are all dressed in their best gear - a lot of singing and dancing involved. Even when the wedding is going on the gardeners are still chipping away at the weeds.
After that we went to Le Jacaranda (Continental Cuisine) which is in quite a nice setting and had another beer there (Sue has a soda water). AFter that we had to go to obligatory nursery and check out the plants and clay pots. The nursery's are just set up on the side of the road, loads and loads of plants. If you did that at home they'd all get knocked off.
After that we got ripped off for a bunch of bananas (too lazy to haggle) so had to pay a whole ONE DOLLAR for a kilo bunch.
We were supposed to go to an Indian restaurant last night but were full and tired so didn't go.
We had another look at the house yesterday and will have to start getting organised. It is only one or two blocks from the city centre and pretty close to most food and beverage outlets.
Of course last night we had the news about Drew being involved in a car accident and ending up in Townsville hospital. He is OK but has some damage to one ear that will require surgery. We will get a better idea later on. It is good to know that communications aren't bad, as Joss let us know as soon as she found out and we were able to get on the phone to the hospital and other kids etc very easily
