Saturday, 7 August

Overnight we had a very big storm which partly flooded my house! This morning no communications was working – the mobile phone service stopped working and the local radio station was off the air. At work, one of the electricity generators was damaged and the computer network was not working. When this happens we are unable to send reports to the head office. Some technicians were flown in; however, they were unable to fix the problem, so we are still cut off from the outside world. The good side is that I now have a good collection of rain water that should be enough to last until the next expected water delivery on Monday!
This evening I went to the Greek restaurant (which is also the Greek Honourary Consulate). There was also a gathering of local military mafia too, so lots of people with guns. This town is just like the Wild West…