In Vila Thursday 26 October 2017

Well it has rained fairly steadily for 2 days.  The water tank outside our flat that we use for drinking water is full.  The great lakes are now full. There is a green tinge in the vegetation.  Whether that is wishful thinking, or just that the dust has been washed off the plants, or the growth is coming through. It probably is a combination of the later two. Tonight our eldest daughter , Kirsty, arrives in Vila for a 12 day visit, something we have been looking forward too for a very long time.  Bon Voyage Kirsty, and lukem yu.

The water tank overflowing , it is 1,100 litres and supplied us for 4 month plus , in addition to the landlord family and the builders on site.  The tank is used for drinking water only. Note the high tech water filter some shade cloth folded over several times and tied over the end of the down pipe.

Outside our gate at 6.00 am, an hour later the water was right across the road. So we had to walk a different route to work. See Tuesdays Blog for a before photo of our road when it was dry. I think that the sheet hanging on the fence on the right of the photo is hanging there to dry.  But it is getting torn to shreds in the wind, and so will soon be rubbish on the ground. !!

We are well into the mango season, they are falling off the trees and laying on the ground rotting.  We picked up some good ones for our breakfast with Kirsty tomorrow morning