Friday, October 13, 2006

 

Dry Spell

Today we cut off our water. It`s not as simple as it sounds, really. It had to be done since we`re leaving the apartment (and our stuff in it) until December and didn`t want to be charged for all the time when we weren`t living there. In the US that would be pretty easy, but here it was pretty complicated. The bills always arrive several months late (we had just paid for our water in July, for example) so we had to pay August and September as well. I don`t think they`re used to people trying to pay the extra months that remain before leaving (hence we received a 3 month bill when we moved in). Also the whole process of getting the water turned off required a special letter, carbon copies, and signatures. The red tape to be able to pay all of the months that we owe was impressive; we had to talk to someone official in another place to get approval. I don`t think they want to make it easy for people to pay.
Our schedule has changed a bit and we`re flying down to Maputo on Monday. Hope everyone is enjoying the last of the warm weather back home!


And just to keep interest in the blog up, here are some new photos. The first is a girafe pic that Lynn took in Kruger park, and the second is an oldy (almost a year old!) of Eli climbing during training in Boane.


Comments:
I like your photos.
 
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