Before I left to come out here, Euan had told me that a bat weighs the same as 11 paper clips (as small boys do as you're quietly sitting having a cup of tea). Well the bats here haven't been told that and would have put one of my chickens to shame. They look huge but are only around at night. I was expecting the fruit bats of **** D'Ivoire which launch themselves from the trees in the daytime, flipping and flopping about for a few minutes, before getting tired a...

I woke up this morning thinking to make the most of today. This was quickly challenged as 2 seconds after having a shower you are as hot and sweaty as you were beforehand. I had decided to do the walk to the 3 beaches, the others had decided to walk to the first one and see what happened. This quickly unraveled and due to illness, it was only Jeff and I that set off. The first leg of the walk took us along the beach with a lagoon alongside it with large warning ...