We had intended crossing into Kenya today as it was the day that both the old and the new carnets were valid - or so we thought. Early in the morning I decided to double-check the documentation - reading the fine print it turned out that the day that they were both valid - is tomorrow! Lucky that we looked before jumping - so we'll be staying here another day!
Luckily we like it here - in fact it's like camping in a huge green lush garden with occasional visitors passing by.
Once we'd decided that we were staying Sue headed off after those thrushes - she came back concluding that they must be either a variety of Mountain Thrush or a hybridised Taita Thrush. The Auger Buzzard returned to it's perch, so more photos were taken (we have vast quantities of bird photos nowadays!). A few minutes later as Sue was looking at some seed eaters through her binoculars, she heard a rush of wings - looking up she was amazed to see the buzzard land only feet away, pick some prey off the ground and fly off! Spectacular!
We have often suspected that some mosquitos are finding their way around the rooflight mozzie screen, so we installed a second layer of protection today using mozzie netting and magnetic strips - lets hope it helps as it's still the rainy season!
After lunch we went for a walk - initially down the hill towards the village, then found a path across to the mountain stream sitting in a bit of rain forest, across some stepping stones and back uo the other side of the hill between potato fields into conifers. We climbed quite a way until we felt like turning round, seeing a few flycatchers on the way back.
Luckily we like it here - in fact it's like camping in a huge green lush garden with occasional visitors passing by.
Once we'd decided that we were staying Sue headed off after those thrushes - she came back concluding that they must be either a variety of Mountain Thrush or a hybridised Taita Thrush. The Auger Buzzard returned to it's perch, so more photos were taken (we have vast quantities of bird photos nowadays!). A few minutes later as Sue was looking at some seed eaters through her binoculars, she heard a rush of wings - looking up she was amazed to see the buzzard land only feet away, pick some prey off the ground and fly off! Spectacular!
We have often suspected that some mosquitos are finding their way around the rooflight mozzie screen, so we installed a second layer of protection today using mozzie netting and magnetic strips - lets hope it helps as it's still the rainy season!
After lunch we went for a walk - initially down the hill towards the village, then found a path across to the mountain stream sitting in a bit of rain forest, across some stepping stones and back uo the other side of the hill between potato fields into conifers. We climbed quite a way until we felt like turning round, seeing a few flycatchers on the way back.