A few explanations and mentions: The paintings are Julian's and are for sale. The weird fruit is called a Japanese plum. Looks like a plum from the outside, but you scoop out the fleshy seeds to eat and discard the skin. I baked cookies last weekend using both local and imported ingredients. Honey combs collected from the forest hives by Vincent. Some more preliminary character sketches. J's article in WCS magazine (and the moment I realised I've been spelling Dji Dji as Gigi!). Dji Dji is a river in Gabon and Azobe an important Gabonese tree.
The banana you see here is a red banana- rosy skin and orangey flesh. Rarer, more expensive and less bananery, funnily enough. The broken pots are the result of J not being here when they were fired but you can see the smoke textures sort of worked. The vervet monkeys I could see from my window yesterday. A massive moth J rescued. Tea, glorious tea.
Last night's delicious meal- Aka Benz (nickname for seasoned fresh pork killed the same day, the pigs snout said to remind Rwandans of the Mercedes Benz symbol, hence the Benz part!) served with fried plantains and lethal (30% proof?) pineapple wine at the bar they call Alleluia in Gisakura village. The big Congolese mask is N & J's, the minimask is what I bought at the same tourist market and is about all I can fit in my suitcase coming home. Bought sooo many souvenirs...
ALSO- I failed to thank one very important person in my Broken Tooth! episode... Lara Saour my personal dental advisor and councellor in Putney who talked me through the seemingly disasterous situation by text and skype while I was panicing in Kigali. She made sure I knew what to agree to and was an absolute life saver. She also sent me a text last week I forgot to reply to, which read: Linda! I can't believe you didn't mention me in your blog! Haha sorry Lara, I REALLY owe you one. xxx
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