In Gorogosa National Park

We have now travelled the length of the country, it has been days of driving and actually we are only half way accross the country as it is so long. The further up we have gone the hotter it has become and I am sitting in a very hot computer room in Gorongorsa National Park. With three guys next to me waiting for thier computers to connect, mine is still working...fingers crossed...Am hoping that the internet thief doesn't steal this post and it disappear in to cyber space...

We have had the most amazing time, we stayed in the village of Nwadjahane, the birth place of a national hero Eduardo Mondlane. We stayed in the house that he built and we spent time with the local women. One morning we were up at 4.30, this is the normal time that the women wake in the village. We walked to the mashambas with two young girls from the village Anita and Artemesia and with a woman called Maria. It was a wonderful 45 minute walk as the sun came up and these women don't dwardle, they walk with a fast pace and they are very stately. I actually slightly struggled to keep up.

We launched the book project and were greeted by women ululating,dancing and singing. One of the songs went 'We are very lucky this day' it was amazing. The project went down really well there and Mary Jo handed books out in thier bags. It is such a great project www.booksforkidsafrica.org

So I have been taking lots of photos and soaking it all in, I picked up my paint brush for the first time today. I have lots of ideas, they are just flowing in.
I feel a great sense of pride to be here and involved in this project. I will soon be producing this work and will be very happy when it gets in to the hands of the kids that need it!

And this morning we went for game drive and I saw more animals than I have ever seen in my life, I feel a book about a Winged Warthog brewing...