behind the scenes at an ecolodge
This week's visitors cancelled their trip, having been in contact with someone Covid-positive and not wanting to take the risk (you still need a negative PCR test result to be allowed into this country - and also need to pass a rapid test before being allowed to go to look for gorillas). So we have another few weeks without clients here. & life is better when clients are here - better food, constant hot water - not to mention the income for the owner that he needs to maintain the on-going repairs to the place. It is astonishing how much needs to be done. Not just the obvious things like keeping it clean, but things like dealing with ants and termites. Driver ants apparently nest in colonies of up to 20 million, and from time-to-time they decide to relocate. We had one such move within my first few weeks here, with very organised lines of driver ants crossing the trails, as well as big masses of them which appeared to be milling around aimlessly over lar...