“A cat?”, “No, bat!”
Last night, whilst sitting on my sofa, listening to a Hindi radio station (I think its Hindi, its called something like Spice FM!) and copying text messages from my ‘phone to my journal for sentimental reasons (and because I dont get any letters and printer paper for email is in short supply, this way I will have something to look back on) I was visited by a bat.
A bat flew down the chimney. I have had my suspicions about the chimney since I arrived. It’s all very well and good me closing the windows and doors after dusk to keep out the mosquitos (the window fasteners are the sort that stick through the line of the window which would make it hard to put up net screens, though I am still considering ways round this), but what about the chimney? Come to that, what about the gaps under the doors? The bat flew around the room twice. At first I thought it was a bird but I got the idea that it was a bat from the fact that it didnt bump into anyting or try and land. It went, like a stelth bomber, round the three-piece suite, and back up the chimney. My heart raced when it arrived, and then sank when I thought it was a bird and that I would have to chase it out of the door, somehow, in a prologned mosquito-inviting dance. Finally it returned to normal when the bat had left and I listened to the Bhangda.
tygger Says:
ola babes!
we used to dave bats in our roof in malaysia - quite adorable little creatures they are actually … erm, why do you need a chimney in your climate? do you need to keep yourselves warm roasting by a fire or something??? :hehe:
xxxM
February 18th, 2004 at 5:35 amFede Says:
Mark
we have bats in sapri, in the summer but never has one flew into our house, via the chimney! Must have been a bat on drugs…!
I remember from my one and only visit to kenia the amount of INSECTS that were in the room every night..!Luci and I were screaming our heads off…!! funny really..
Hugsxxx
February 18th, 2004 at 6:20 amMark Says:
Hey, I didn’t ask for a chimney. There is a fire place. The locals seem to think its _cold_ most of the time! I’m thinking of recycling the old volunteer’s tattered mosquito bed-net as a screen in the grate to keep insects and visiting flying mammals out. I might try and put some over my bedroom window too so I can have it open in the evening.
Mark
February 19th, 2004 at 12:31 pm