Campfires and evacuations...

Thought I would follow Bens lead and sum up the past day in 2 words... Last night the group who had spent the past few days in Bas Congo (to the west of Kinshasa) stayed in the tiny vilage of Kikosi, where we had what was quite possibly the most fun and memorable night ever - sitting round a canpfire with the villagers and village chief, exchanging traditional stories (our offering: the 3 little pigs) and songs (our offerings ranging from traditional hymns to Summer Nights from Grease), watching a lightning storm in the distance and staring at the stars... and the cockroaches. Sorry to shatter the romantic imagery there... there werent that many of them though, and I saw a shooting star so it was all worth it. I'm far too easily awed by things like that... After finally going to bed and getting to sleep - not easy when theres 4 of you in a bed and another 10 on the floor - we were woken at 6am by our translator, Betty, telling us the rain was coming and we had to get out before the roads became impassible. Very proud of us all for getting out in about 4 minutes, though pity the ones who had to sit in the open back of the truck...

So anyway; we're currently in the Christian Aid office in the centre of Kinshasa, looking forward to catching up with the othre half of the team tonight and doing some sightseeing over the weekend - no more pqrtners to visit til Monday when (I think) we're going to see Humqnite nouvelle, who I've been looking forward to seeing. Will post more when I can, but right now I should let someone else on the computer...

Rach :)

PS - Apologies for any typing errors - the keyboqrd is a different layout and its confusing me!