My first week

I have been here almost a week and have fallen in love with the Nyika. I get to wander around the camp as part of my job and everytime I leave the house I spot more crazy creatures. Last night I went to bed to the hooting of the owls and woke to the howling of the Jackels. Call me Jungle Jane. Amazon Anna would be better but it's the wrong continent. I watch the Yellow Kite hunting daily, and the swallows zipping over the lake. Yesterday I startled a Locust in the Hygenia forest and it whirred away on gossamer wings like an alien fairy. The night sky is something else, I can't wait for the full moon. The new moon appeared like the grin of a cheshire cat on my first night, it hangs the wrong way round like a smile in the stars. Bushbuck (small deer) wander through the camp, quite brave, and tiny salamanders live in my window frame. My job is less than gripping, stocktaking and checking up on the cleaners, but when I'm lucky I get to meet and greet the guests and have shortcake! Aah pudding, once I knew thee well (the food is bad!). The Mike I met in Mzuzu has turned out to be a huge South African paocher hunter. He's a teddy bear really...well...not quite.