Last night at the lodge

Apart from our last night at the lodge or the evenings when Katie joined us we were usually the only two people on the glorious deck overlooking the river. Occasionally one of the teachers from the secondary school would make the twenty minute walk along the dark muddy path to make use of the limited electricity. The school had been donated a number of generators, but lack of training meant that they regularly broke down. Electricity was definitely not the norm.

Our only other companion was the caiman whose red eyes gleamed at us from under the bushes at the edge of the lake.. Strangely the caiman was the only creature that Freddie was afraid of!