Clearing again

Clearing at the site commenced with renewed energy again today. Five very large trees went down in the entrance & parking area and in the afternoon culminated in a lot of singing & shouting whilst carrying these large trees off to the collection point.

The overland truck parking are all completely cleared as well as the ablutions area for the southern overland site. The road between these sites has also now been cleared and the guys are well into the approach road from reception toward the 4x4 and overland sites - working toward reception. They will be meeting up with the guys doing the road from the bar delivery area probably on Monday.

As for the sites for the safari tents, the guys cleared one and a half sites today. At Reception, the guys are starting to clear the northern side of the Lobby toward the lounge and bar lobby.

Everyone is absolutely working like demons and with big smiles which makes me quite happy too (Much more pleasant to work with happy workers). We also set the time for Sunday for the English/Kinyarwanda lessons at the site, if it rains, we'll have it on the porch at the house.

The night watchmen also asked us if we could get them a couple of thick jackets as its getting very cold in the wee hours of the morning. This is luckily easily available at the market and with a bit of Kinyarwanda to my credit now, I managed to get local prices and not tourist prices - a difference of about £70 it turns out! Needless to say, the lads were very happy with the new thick jackets to compliment the little fire they have going at night.

A weekend of administrative time in the office ahead with 6am and 6pm trips to the sites for the "change of the guard".