I've spend quite a bit of time with the young night watchman here> He is a university student. We went together this morning and bought me a new cell phone battery. I just got off the phone with Suzanne and will be leaving here at 5:30 tomorrow morning for the airport. I paid $120 and this travel agency will take me to the airport, help me through the baggage stuff and later come pick me up. I'm glad to be off.
  I saw my first lizard today, just a 2 incher. Asher, if you had been here with your slingshot and maybe Kenai could have borrowed Uncle Brent's 30-odd-6, we could have got him and enjoyed a small lizard soup this evening. As it is, the cat here got him, brought him in and left him laying on the dining room floor. I'm a bit concerned that we may be having him for soup later on in any case.
  I went for a long walk this afternoon. I think I may be shedding some pounds. My pants are starting to slide down. It is either that my girth is decreasing or the sweat is lubricating my hips.
  Bunch of Canadians arrived this morning, 2 from Calgary. They are engineers and the like and have already headed out for a weeks work on a project in lower Congo. The amount of people coming in and doing projects, one wonders why the Congo isn't one of the most developed countries in the world.
  Well, I'm not sure when I'll be able to continue the blog. I was lucky to have a computer available here but might have to start hitting cyber cafes in Kikwit.