Independence day

We ended up having a 4 day weekend since independence day was on Tuesday 26th June. We went down to the beach on the Monday night and watched fireworks that were set off over the sea. It was absolutely rammed with people. The roads were also busier than I have seen them before. We got a cyclo posse home (richshaw thing pulled by a bike) which was eventful to say the least - the rider fell off twice, was almost knocked off by several cars, his brakes on the bike didnt work so stopping in the traffic jam with a trailor on the back was interesting. The final straw was the blow out puncture we had on the pousse at which point we got out to walk.

The independence day celebrations involved whatching alot of people, service men and local workers be honoured - they gqve out over 220 medals.................. They then a procession of lots of groups of people including school children, scouts, police, health care workers the disabled etc etc. It was topped off with a very nice lunch at Moniqes house and we then spent the afternoon waiting for some perormance to start............ African time though as was supposed to start at 3 ans still hadnt at 5.15 when we gave up waiting.

Hope everyone at home is well and surviving the flooding. Hope yur head doesnt hurt too much today Si and that u dont get left with too bad a scar for the wedding photos!!!!!!!!! (Having problems accessing uni email so if you want to mail me use sarahlouisepotter at gmail dot com