I woke up early on Easter Saturday. As I stumbled bleary eyed into the bathroom I discovered an unwelcome visitor.....
As it was still early morning I couldn't call the neighbours for assistance..... I decided if I left it, I would be wondering when I would see it in my bedroom..... so the only solution I could think of was to do the 'deed' myself.
I wanted just to chop the head off, but none of my sharp knives had long enought handles for me to feel confident that if I missed I wouldn't be bitten! So second option was that piece of wood that's been behind the front door for the last 1/2 year collecting dust! I'd even thought of getting rid of it that week!
So as the first picture shows it was hard to aim for the head, so with the stick I aimed for the body...... It was not a pleasant experience...... Because the snake was so small and in a corner of the shower I struggled to kill it but with out giving you all the gory details I succeeded in the end.
By the end though I didn't have the courage to fish it out of the shower and dispose of it. So at a more reasonable hour the neighbours kindly came to rescue me!!!
As we were by the lake side, I arranged a trip to Ngamba Island, on Lake Victoria, to see chimpanzees! Unbeknown to me, Monica was scared of traveling on the lake. She spent the first hour or so holding on to the boat for dear life, wondering how on earth the life jacket was supposed to keep her alive if she fell in!
Once we were on dry land again, even if it was surrounded by water, she began to relax. We enjoyed watching the chimpanzees playing, fighting and just sitting enjoying the sun shine! We were highly amused by their antics!
The island was beautiful and had many birds on it. All too soon our day's outing came to an end and we had to climb back into the boat and travel back over that vast expanse of water to the mainland..... That night we continued to feel the motion of the boat as we lay down to sleep!
