cat-sitting again
There aren’t that many flights out of Dushanbe, and looking at possible stop-overs to use the eleven days before I needed to meet my tour group in Xi’an, the prime candidate was Istanbul – not in the now expensive city (although it's still one of my favourites in the world), but saving some money, and taking a rest, at the cat shelter near the airport. I asked the owner, and she was very happy to have me back, as she was to be out of the country and my presence would enable her to give her local helpers some time off. But, really, is it worth the cost-saving?? It’s not that I mind re-filling food and water bowls or cleaning litter trays, it’s the time between that is difficult. There’s very little internet connectivity, so backing-up photos or perusing YouTube is not possible, and I quickly got through the one book I brought with me. but in any case, the over-arching ’problem’ is the attention from all the cats. They want to be loved, so they climb all over...