CORRECTION

My phone number has no 9 in it, that was something I made up based on a faulty understanding that applies to cellular phone.

My phone number (from Canada): 011-66-055-534-015

Although I'm still not sure if you drop the 0 or not.

After a 10km bike ride on the ancient machine known as "Pheasant 3", a big bottle of beer and several hours bargaining under the sunshine, I am happy for the cool reprieve of the office. I have several items for my new house, however, including an army suplus hammock and, strangely enough, a German army jacket to keep me warm up at camp this week. It is very hard to purchase such an item when you are sweating copiously and I'm not entirely sure how much the heat has affected my purchase. What on earth am I doing with a German army jacket in a refugee zone? I tell myself, no one here cares about the Germans, they have far more immediate enemies.

Next door, Tim, "the crazy Aussie" has left behind five mangy dogs and one crazy kitty. The front entrance to the house is like a garage, so I open a big door and all the dogs stream into the entrance and sit down in the shade. When I tell them to shoo! at least they listen. Not so the kitty who has escaped what looks like formidable fortifications next door. Soon after the landlady has locked her in after delivering breakfast, she is out and hanging out at my place. There are holes in the concrete in the garage area of our living quarters and I have no fortifications to stop the cat from entering through the bars where my actual houe begins. It's a cute cat, nothing if not spunky and terribly lonely. I have to be careful not to kick it, it is always around my feet. When not looking for loving, it is jumping up the walls, climbing everything that can be climbed and running around, generally looking crazy. To exit my house this morning, I had to wrap it up in a blanket and run for the door. I still haven't been back.

Although I have an international phone card, I have yet to find an international phone, hence my lack of communication.

I'm back off to camp tomorrow, where I hope it will be cooler. I will try to write some letters while I am there and actually post them on Thursday. Until then,
Jen