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on Pat in Zebilla (Ghana), 24/May/2010 09:32, 34 days ago
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We are racing through April at an alarming rate.Even the local Ghanaians are complaining of the heat.‘We are suffering‘ is the usual turn of phrase. Inside at the house and at work it is often in the 40s and I dare not put the thermometer in the full sun. I haven’t looked to see what the temperature is today but I am longing for the rains to start and for it to get a bit cooler. I think we have a few more weeks of this heat to get through first though we did have a are sometimes a sign of rain to come and coat everything with a thick layer of dirt. They inevitably happen the day after I have swept and mopped my room!Every so often we run out of water and have to arrange for buckets to be filled at the borehole and carried to the house. We then hope the water will flow soon to fill our polytank so we can have , and flush the toilet.Our real dread however is lights off during the night. It is unbearably hot trying to sleep without a ceiling fan at the moment. However, every cloud has a silver lining and having no power does mean that the endless and highly amplified singing with keyboard and drums accompanying that booms out from the local church is muted or even silenced.Over the Easter weekend a group of us went to Mole National Park to see the elephants. We also saw warthogs, monkeys, baboons, several different types of antelope, crocodiles and lots of birds. The dry season is best for seeing elephants as the only water is in watering holes close to the hotel so that’s where they go on a regular basis. The swimming pool was a great attraction too and we spent lots of time cooling off in there. We also passed through Larabanga where there is a very old mud mosque.April seems to be the time for piglets to be born and they are everywhere at the moment. I’m worried that I may squash one with my moto but they seem to quickly learn to keep out of the way. The tiny ones are really hard to see if they are lying down in the sand.Time to head to the local spot for a drink!
