It’s oh so quiet…

2nd February 2018

In the pre-departure training it was made clear to us that there would be days when not much would happen. We would be waiting for meetings to be arranged or people to come back to us and in the end nothing would happen. Today was one of those days. The meeting I was expecting at lunchtime never happened and so instead I have been typing up some notes, writing a few emails and designing a training session. They told us not to get frustrated and I have been doing my best but….

For me it is only one day, the guys who work here as security/gardener seem to have to put up with it every day. I have met three of them so far. They work 12 hour shifts and there is somebody here 24 hours a day to keep an eye on the property. I’m not sure just how necessary it is but it is reassuring nonetheless. They are always friendly although we do struggle to communicate on occasion. Their English is much better than my Sesotho but you can tell it was never their favourite subject at school.

The security arrangements are somewhat peculiar. There are two entrances: one has a metal gate topped with metal spikes which is only opened when a guest arrives or leaves, the other, not twenty metres away, is always left open. I’m sure there is a method but I have yet to work out what it is. The rest of the time they mooch about or sit in their hut (the building with the corrugated iron roof you can see on the left of the picture above).

Well todays’s lightning display has just started and tomorrow is another day. I have been set the mission of finding somewhere to watch the 6 nations rugby in Lesotho. I have been given some leads so I shall set off for another explore of Maseru.