Today was our free Sunday so we all decided to go on a hike, meeting at Michaels place at 10.30am after eating omelette and putting on the walking boots. Violet kindly packed us a lunch. We climbed up the hills from the village as the morning grew hotter, stopping along the way to take pictures of flora and fauna. A cuckoo settled for a long time in a tree near us so we could take some photographs. At the top of the forested peak we ate lunch which was battered c...

Today we had soft cheese and bread for breakfast. After showering Stef and I went to meet Paul at the bar. Webegan another day of bird watching and later met up with Laszlo as he's been giving another primary school talk. We approached a very impressive crater type landscape, naturally made cliffs overlooking lakes and reeds and chunks of rock. Here we saw the beautiful bee eaters. They live in colonies in the cliff face. They are stunning birds with a multitude...

Today we ate a breakfast of frankfurters and salad and waited for laszlo realising we were supposed to meet him in the village. We hurried ourselves to the bar only to find that he was running late himself which was a relief. We drove a short distance to hills overlooking St. Pauls lakes. Today was about a raptor survey. We noticed quite alot of lesser spotted eagles over different territories including a nest that the mother was sitting on. Michael climbed a tre...

It was labour day today so everybody had the day off and we attended a big picnic in a park with a variety of entertainment planned. Some locals that recognised us from the playground project came and sat with us. They were very nice and spoke some English. After watching quite a few traditional and modern dance routines we made our way home, stopping for mineral water on the way back. This turned into a water fight which was most welcome in the 30 degree heat!! ...