Day 10 – Saturday 6th February 2010

No school today so time for a late breakfast. Well that was the plan, but we were both awake so headed down around 8am. Another cloudy day and quite chilly. Armorel is not too pleased about this weather, and is hoping the rainy season ends soon.

With nothing to do today there was the real possibility of utter boredom setting in. So what better way to liven things up but to try and retrieve the Frisbee for the fourth time.

Fourth attempt FAIL. This stick is probably long enough but now fear has set in. We need something bigger.

Half a tree?

John appears from the bushes with a large branch with half its foliage attached. Stealth mode ensues as we careful approach this deadly swarm, cowering behind the leaves.

The wasps seem mellow. We are very close now. The branch rises up. Nearly there. Its coming loose. Slowly. Slowly. Be careful......Noooooooooooo!

The branch was too big! It got stuck and with it the whole branch of the tree with the nest came flying towards us and the ground.

RUN!

Run, we did! We seemed to be safe. We checked for damage. No stings, but no Frisbee and no shoes for John. His flip flops lay discarded under the swarm, along with the Frisbee. Success.

We waited a few minutes and Armorel braved the anger to recover the goods. Saturday had begun.

We had heard about a waterfall a couple of Km’s up river so decided to try and find that.

I think I have angered nature. 5 minutes into our walk and ants attacked. From everywhere they came, eating at our ankles and climbing ever higher for a bite to eat.

On we battled at warp speed not wanting to give these lovely creatures another chance at a meal. We daren’t stop for a moment, so we marched on through the woods.

I wouldn’t say we were lost but we didn’t know where we were. We found a track and followed it until a house where we met a lady. Armorel’s Swahili kicked in and we were soon heading back in the same direction we had come from.

Then came the ant gauntlet! We decided running was fool hardy so a speed walk would do. It wouldn’t, ants attacked and we were again picking them out of our socks and shoes. What have we done?

We will console ourselves by watching the rugby, England vs Wales tonight.