Last night Andrew went out onto the verandah (I know that sounds grand but believe me it isn't!) for a last cigarette and called back inside Come and say goodnight to George! The constellation of Orion was almost overhead, in fact tonight it probably will be. The stars were really bright, and Orion and the hunting dogs very clear.The star our lovely friends named George 'Pickle' Lewis was twinkling happily away - guess you can get mini cheddars up there after all!
I've discovered what all the commotion was in the trees yesterday. The Buzzards are actually yellow billed kites. They look like small golden eagles. If you lie on one of the sunbeds you can see them circling high overhead. Anyway they are nesting in two of the trees in the camp and yesterday a couple of hooded vultures decided to hang around and see if they could get a free lunch. Not the most attractive of birds with featherless red heads. Needless to say the kites were not amused. Very peaceful this morning as the vultures seem to have moved on.
Greenwich friends will know (Rev) Joanna Udall who works for the Arch Bish of Canterbury. She is here for the referendum with a colleague Ian who is representing Salisbury. The Diocese of Salisbury formed a link with the Episcopal church of Sudan in 1972 and has been working with them ever since. They are both here as official observers of the referendum so are visiting polling stations during the week of voting. If Andrew manages to get a new battery for the car today (another story!!) then I hope to go with them tomorrow to see some of day 5 voting. They need transport to get to the stations on the road to Kuajok (pronounced kwa-jock) and Andrew needs to go there so.. It will be good to see a bit of more the country outside of the camp. We also heard at lunchtime that they have already had 60% of the registered electorate vote so the referendum is valid.
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