Sunrise on my 50s

Ok – I confess, I wasn’t up to see the sunrise on my birthday but one of the girls was so here is what the dawn of the new decade looked like.

I do typically wake up much earlier these days (please no comments about “don’t all old people”!) but not early enough to see the sunrise that day.

It was weird to wake up on my birthday to hear monkeys jumping on the roof. Thankfully they were just nosing around and  then went off on their own merry way.   It’s fair to say I had a very very lazy birthday. The agenda went along the lines of – open pressies, eat, drink, read, sunbathe, chat on skype, read, eat, chat on skype, drink, …..blow out candles on birthday cake, go  to bed! An excellent birthday.

As you can see from the badge, there was no denying my age! 

The day after my birthday we went on to Pumulani which very aptly means place of rest. We had another day of rest and relaxation and took a speedboat around the Lake. The boat driver bought some fish from a fisherman on the Lake to entice the fish eagles out of the trees. Their eyesight must be amazing! Then a few crumbs of bread to tempt the cyclids in the water. They almost come to the surface of the water. They’re very easy to spot as the water is so clear. The day ended with a sun downer sailing slowly round the Lake when we were lucky enough to spot hippos. 

The fish eagle was too quick for me to photograph. Here's the fisherman in his traditional wooden boat.