Saturday 26 April 2014

25.4.14 Friday. Our last meal with Kebba



Kebba went with Steve first thing to load all the remaining furniture into the truck to deliver to Ousman.  They then came back and I climbed in the front with the cat basket with CiCi on my knee.  Steve and I went into the vet and were astonished (as was Micha) to find that she had managed to remove all her stitches! They were certainly there first thing this morning, and must have been irritating her, but we now have to stop her climbing or jumping for the next few days.
On to Ousmans’ rented house in Fajara to unload the furniture, then to the shops for last minute supplies for the house, then the bank for the third time this week, then home for the afternoon. All of these small jobs take longer than you think!  the bank for example counts every note through a machine, the largest note here is worth less than £2 so a bundle is time consuming!
As our last farewell to Gambia we decided to do a last bird walk this afternoon, at Tanji, where a new visitor centre opened earlier in the year.  We drove down and paid our 35 dalasis fee and set off on foot; camera and binoculars at the ready.  The trees are almost bare now as we approach the rainy season, and despite being very quiet we saw only a squirrel and a handful of birds before making our way back to the centre.  Two red Colobus monkeys put in an appearance by the gate, but overall we see more birds in our garden!  November should be the time to come when everything is green again.
Tonight, our last this year, we took Kebba to Jewel of India for a curry, one of his favourite meals during his visit to England last year.

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