Gray woke up with what he thinks is a bout of malaria (he assures me the curry, wine and whiskey had nothing to do with his pounding headache). This is his second ailment this trip, the first; a worm that had wormed it’s way into his little toe and was making red road maps around the side of his right foot. We treated it with Vaseline, went onto Vicks and then I tried cortisone cream, eventually he just squeeze it. Whether it was putsi fly or footsie fly, we are not sure, but it has ceased squirming around.
Clearly our bonding session with Mark and the wonderful people working here, was a good thing, tonight we are sleeping in one the chalets (for no extra cost). We went for an early dip in the springs, packed up and moved into our new accommodation, a large rustic room.
This morning we went for a walk with Dave to some caves that he had discovered (he is obviously a bit of an amateur archaeologist; he goes in search of aborigine sites in Australia). It was fascinating visiting “Dave’s Caves” – there are rock paintings and implements which apparently date back some 65 000 years.
On return, Gray went for another walk with Tim and Carin, they hiked up a mountain that Livingstone had once climbed, in order to see the beautiful vistas below. I swam a few lengths in the swimming pool and caught up on some admin.
We were the only guests in the lodge this evening (besides the resident Chinese guys who are working on a hydro electric scheme at the waterfalls nearby). We were again treated to one of Mel’s wonderful 3 course meals and Mark’s entertaining stories. All feeling a little weary from the ‘party’ the night before, we had a fairly early night.
Our night in the chalet proved to be not so comfortable; the bed was small and sunk in the middle, so with our ‘combined delicate little bodies’, space was a bit of an issue. The shower was no more than a trickle. Much as we appreciated the gesture, we were more comfortable in the camp site. The debate now is whether this counts as a lodge night or not.
Gray and Dave in the Cave
Cave Paintings
Crossing the bridge on our walk
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