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| Walking across the channel to North Tarawa at low tide |
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| Traditional building construction |
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| The "old ladies"having a dip |
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| Walking up to Broken Bridge |
We had a
really refreshing rest day yesterday walking up to “Broken Bridge” in North
Tarawa for a swim. Warm, but relaxing and fun to see more traditional housing
and more vegetation and a sparser population. Our final leg home to South
Tarawa was by canoe at night with a beautiful night sky above us.
Lucky we
were refreshed because going on Saturday’s tally and council support we were
expecting a busy day. We started at surgery #142….and after a very long, hot,
and sometimes relentless (but still satisfying) afternoon, we finished on
surgery #200!! Three truckloads and heaps of walk ins. Another day that exceeded expectations, not only in our
endurance!!
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| Entertainment for school kids! |
Highlights
were: watching the very real affinity a new council worker helping us had with
the dogs; being recess, lunchtime and for some kids whole day entertainment –
at one stage it seemed like there were more than 50 kids crowded around our “barricade”
of tables watching the proceedings; people thanking us for our services; feeling
like our veterinary services were in demand and that we could barely keep up
(some people waited quite a long time!); continuing to see Rui the local
paravet practice his surgery skills; seeing some great dogs during the day; and
yes, that last dog and 5.30pm was a definite highlight!!
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| Dog number 200!! |
We were
also spoilt by an invitation to dinner at an Aussie guy’s house where we could
learn more about life on Tarawa and share a really wonderful meal made by his
partner.
We are running
low on supplies and hoping we can make it through the last 2 days with enough
of everything – always a tricky quantity surveying problem (particularly when
one is limited by luggage allowance!).
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