, had lunch then read and slept in the afternoon. We didn't realise how tired we really were until we stopped. Dinner each night was served outside our unit on the lawn, by candlelight and lantern which was lovely.On Tuesday in the morning we visited the market, bought some jandals and some material and fruit, returned for lunch at the guesthouse and then went to one of the hotels nearby for a swim. We had a choice of three hotels to visit and chose the wrong one this time. The pool was a covered pool, quite expensive and we weren't able to lounge in the sun as we had hoped. however we enjoyed it then returned 'home' for dinner.
The highlight for us was on Wednesday when we visited the Botanical Gardens. If we had just been on our own it would have been quite boring, just an expanse of trees with paths between them. However there was a botany student who showed us around and he made it so fascinating and interesting. We were surprised with the number of plants and trees we have in NZ which have come from Africa. We will include some photos separately.
In the afternoon we went to another hotel for lunch and a swim, this time an outdoor pool. Lunch was a bit of a disaster, many things listed in the menu were 'off' and the service was the worst we have experienced here. We are used to waiting for things but this was just slack. The hotel had a nice sandy beach in front of it so we sat on one of the benches and wrote a number of postcards to catch up on our correspondence. As you can see from this first photo it was another glorious day and we got a bit of a tan.
The second photo shows the unit we stayed in and the lovely chairs we could just relax in. It was a lovely setting for us. Just right!!
One of the 'toys' we had on our table each night were battery powered candles. You just shook them to make them come on or turn off. Needless to say Warwick enjoyed fiddling with them as the other two photos show.
They were bought in Holland so were not able to purchase any, what a pity as the boys would love them.
We left on Thursday morning and returned home to welcome home pictures on the door drawn by the boys which was great. They had been very well looked after and so far there hasn't been any regression in behaviour that we experienced last time.
The boys have one more week of school though most schools have finished already. They have their breakup and Christmas gifts on Friday so most of the week will be spent preparing for this. Marilyn is going to be helping with the music (surprise) and Warwick will be helping (pronounced heleping in Uganda) with staging (surprise, surprise), so this is likely to be a full-on week (are there any others?).
We have had Raghma down here each day since we came back, she is such a joy and gives us great pleasure. Her features are changing and she is starting to smile in recognition now, it just melts our hearts.
Baby Peace's mother, Jessica, is settling in to work here in the baby unit so that is nice for her, there is a lot of support here.
That's all for now.
God Bless
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