Yesterday was a brilliant day at Kande beach. In the morning we went to a children's centre started by a women from Geelong. The centre supports very young children ensuring that each child has one solid meal a day and a time to engage in play. The centre was amazing fun dancing with the children and playing games. We donated lots of pencils and other goods such as baby formula as there is a particular problem with children being either orphaned or unable to breastfeed and mothers simply being unable to afford any formula. After a few hours at the centre we came back to camp, had lunch then I went off horse riding. Expensive, but really good fun.
My gorgeous light grey horse, Clover, was the matriarch of the bunch, and I had a jolly hard time stopping her from eating along the course – she loves mangos and ate a dozen along the way. I wasn't confident enough to go with the more advanced riders – good thing too because they did a spot of galloping at one point. But as I had ridden previously I was able to lead the less advanced riders – however Clover wanted to go for a run when she heard other horses galloping, so it was quite an effort holding her back. We did a bit of trotting which I handled really well, but the highlight was riding bareback into the water with the horses. SO much fun – Clover was a great horse, she responded well to my commands to speed up, slow down and stop eating.
In the evening we had a Shashe wedding. Andrew and Francy are on tour on their honeymoon so Mark & Lindy decided to host a wedding reception for them. We all got two garbage bags to turn into our attire, and Bec and I turned a few rolls of white toilet paper into a delightful bridal outfit for Francy. The ceremony was a hoot, the food delicious, the punch lethal. We all stayed out to the early hours revelling and there were many a sore head this morning. This morning's fry up was well received by all.
Today has been monsoonal weather – ridiculously hot all morning – I was sweating beyond belief at 8am, simply unable to stay in my tent any longer. By 9.00am the heaven's opened with a pretty spectacular storm and it rained til well after lunch. Everyone hibernating in their tents, the truck or in the bar.
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