Muheza, Tanzania

Tuesday, 20 November 2018

Mosquito proofing

Feeling a bit under the weather today with a sore throat and it's been very hot.
No school or work as it's a public holiday for Malidi day (Islamic). Though all the shops are still open and the hospital workmen turned up to replace all the window netting.
The windows are all glass slats which work like Roman blinds. Outside they are covered with metal bars, then a wide metal mesh and finally a fine netting. 
We have been puzzling over why there are quite so many creepy crawlies, and frustratingly mosquitoes, in this house. Last night there was a swarm of flying termites who crept in under the door and any crack they could find. M spent a good hour finishing them off with my flip flops. Became very apparent there were some big gaps in the netting which we hadn't spotted. The girls have been banished under their mossie nets every evening so far.
Very pleasing to have the new netting in place. Think I shall do a good treatment with bug spray and then hopefully we can keep the insects sealed outside.
On the water front, we have a small amount in our tank this week. Several blue overalled men stood around scratching their heads yesterday as the town water supply came on and once again our tank didn't fill. But we seem to have finally found the answer in that one of the pipes to our house had been turned off.... too late to rectify this week but fingers crossed for next!

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