Kite flying and a feast

Yet another day. The electricians are still working on rewiring the clinic; it’s a mess in here right now. We were trying to sort things out but just gave up with all of the electricians in here moving stuff about.

I flew my kite yesterday for the first time. It flew pretty well right up until there was a lull in the wind. Even though the kite is pretty light the wind has to be blowing fairly well to keep the parafoil inflated and lift that tail. It’s not a stunt kite, just a single line, but I was still able to get it to loop twice. Pretty cool and nobody said anything to me about it.

We grilled the steaks on Thursday. Our D-Fac site supervisor has two culinary degrees and did an awesome job! He marinated them al day and prepared a mango chutney sauce for them. We made up a big bowel of Greek style salad and had some lobster to go with them. What can I say but Wow! Surf n’ turf in the middle of a war zone; if it hadn’t been for the Hescos surrounding us you’d have never known. We wished Richard well as he was leaving the next day. (another of the South Africans and an excellent chef).

Last night I sat out on the deck of the clinic watching the sun go down and the stars come out.