More Plumbing Problems....

Saturday 22nd March

Woken at 6 by the priest chants – beginning to feel very grumpy about this. About 7:30 the electricity went off and I cheered! It meant the megaphone got turned off and peace was restored. But only for 5 mins! Later the horns and cheers of the local lads coming to play or watch the football drowned out the chants.

I began my hole digging to bury this week’s food waste. When Mekdes arrived, I got her to ring the landlord and ask what was happening about the bathroom which is now awash with water. The Landlord said he was on his way round and, 4 hours later he did appear. We had a very drawn out discussion/disagreement about where exactly the excess water was coming from. He called in the builder. After a bit more discussion and investigation, they discovered that the water was leaking from the shower down through the wall. He called in the plumber (who had started the whole problem in the first place). Then all three shut themselves in the bathroom to fix it.

Didn’t quite manage it but most services were restored except for the boiler which now refuses to heat up.



Gonder meeting place

I had a ‘cold’ shower, which was fine since I was a bit hot and bothered by now. Got changed and went for a quiet meal in the pleasant gardens of the Lamageyer Hotel. I toyed with the idea of trying something else on the menu but came back to the grilled fish I’d ordered last week. It came this time with vegetable fried rice with loads of garlic – mmmmm