You Win Some, You Lose Some

So we were originally told the Z’s passport would take a maximum of 7 days.  Monday would have been day 7 so after an inquiry by our rep here we found out that it probably won’t be ready until next week Monday.  To speed up the passport process we were to have applied for a temporary passport. Due to a lost document (we are not sure exactly where) Canadian High Commission put the application through for a permanent passport which takes closer to 14 days.  So we gained a lot of time in our super speedy Canadian Citizenship but have now had a delay in our passport by about a week.  Would have been comforting to have the document in hand but we know it is being processed and on its way here in the diplomatic pouch from Canada. 

We have done some exploring around the Southbroom area.  We enjoyed a banana farm which had a small butterfly conservatory, animal farm and play area for the kids. 

We visited a croc farm less than 5 minutes from here and enjoyed watching their weekly feeding.  This has apparently been the coldest winter here ever recorded(went down to a balmy 5 degrees!).  This has made the crocs extra sleepy but enough of them took time to eat to be entertaining. 

D and her baby crocodile!

Yummy! Chicken!

Don't fall!

Massive animals! At the end of the presentation the children were given a chance to hold a 4 month old baby crocodile.  They showed a couple of eggs(D was one of the lucky kids to get to take it home) and then she was the first volunteer to hold the crocodile!  Usually a tentative child in large groups we found it entertaining that she was the first to race forward and want to hold this little crawly creature!

The mothering and protective ability of a female crocodile is definitely one of God’s great creations!