Good Behaviour at Easter

It was the very last minute and we were still undecided as to what we should do over Easter but then we learned that we needed to get a certificate of 'good behaviour' in order to apply for a work permit for Uganda. So, we had our fingerprints taken (even the children's were taken) on the Saturday morning and then we drove down to Dar. We managed to get our buisness done in one afternoon and then were able to use the extra time that we'd thought it would take, having a bit of fun and a rest in Dar.

We had a couple of days at the beach and at a Swiss Guest House, which had a pool.

Sunrise at Lazy Lagoon.

The bandas where we stayed, with Benjamin in the foreground.

Our banda.

The boys on their veranda. They were just upstairs.
They were eaten alive the first night. We hadn't checked the nets for holes (or otherwise) and when I went up to see why Joshua was being sick, I discovered the boys were being fed on by mosquitoes - 25 were counted before we lost count. All was not quite what it had seemed. The next day we were moved into the next door banda, where the net upstairs was much better. However, there were just incredible numbers of mosquitoes. Joshua and Benjamin looked like they had mosquito pox, when we looked at their little bodies over the next few days.





These looked like so much fun. Much easier to manage on the land. We didn't go out on them, even though these 3 would very much liked to have done so.





Fun on the beach.





There was a pool table and the children loved having a go. We tried not to lose any of their balls.


The restaurant, for breakfast, after an early morning swim.

Then off the peninsula, back to the mainland and back to Dar. The heat was more intense, and the wind less too. However, some rain had cooled it down somewhat.

The Swiss B & B had a pool - which was a big part of the appeal for us to try it out.

The children loved the pool, complete with crocodile!





There was much swimming, diving, fishing, fighting with crocodiles (imaginary ones) mixed in with good Swiss breakfasts too. Fun for all.

They are all swimming unaided and have been since before they turned 3 years old. This is mainly because of the small MAF pool that we have on our compound.

Travelling back, we stopped for lunch along the way. Just a few snaps of family lunch time - on the move. Well, we did stop, but without chairs, or a rug, there's nowhere else to sit other than the car! Unless you like "sisimisi kwenye chupi!" (ants in your pants!). And real biting ones too!








Everyone has their own style and likes to sit/stand/eat differently!