Weds 27th June. Zebrabar

Weds 27^th June. Zebrabar, Senegal

A sad day yesterday. Luke rang us during the morning to say Huck, Luke'sdog had died. We feel so helpless being half way around the world at a time when Luke must be feeling so low and distraught. It appears he ate some rat poison that had become exposed. He was such a garbage guts but was loved by all of us especially Luke who will feel so alone without him. Thank you Jane & Gerry for once more stepping into the breech and helping Luke at such a time, we really appreciate it. He was old and had had liver problems in the past, these factors wouldn't have helped him fight the poison no doubt.

Still no papers. Almost 2 weeks since they were posted, we are feeling low at the moment and this holdup doesn't help. There is a NP to the north that has one of the best variety of birdlife in the continent, we will go up on the weekend if the Green Card doesn't arrive by then

Last night we were invited out by Muweja and Charlotte, a Congolese couple who have lived in St Louis for 22 years. Muweja is a professor at the local university and has led an interesting academic life using a scholarship to further his studies in Belgium before taking up posts in Addis Ababa, and Kinshasha then settling in St Louis. The restaurant was on a pontoon in the river with the lights of the bridge and mainland nearby. We appreciated their generosity.