We headed into town this morning to do a quick shop and for Ruth to apply for our Rwandan Visa's. As we pulled into town Ruth came running to the back of the truck yelling - 'get off the truck, get off the truck, NOW, OFF, OFF, OFF'. We all sensed something was wrong and jumped off the back and then we realised that one of our lockers was on fire. Nick and some helpful locals were there pulling out smoldering items which included Nick's work jeans and Oasis t'shirt. The loss was minimal - 3 inches off the leg of the jeans, a t'shirt and a tool bag. It seems that some wire in the locker got too close to the battery terminal in that locker and sparked. We left Nick to deal and headed to the local souvenir market to haggle for some African wears. Too many cooks and all that it seemed most sensible that we not over dramatise such a small spark and leave Nick to sort it out. Afterall we had a large supermarket to go to which we have discovered we do not see very often and we get sensory overload and end up buying loads of snacks that I would never eat at home but feel that I may need as a treat here.

Count so far for the truck:

• 2 flat tyres
• 1 tyre blow out
• 1 tyre deflated due to bad African fixing
• muffler fell off and did not get reattached for about 3 days
• truck fire

Human count:

• Germish fell out the back of the truck (small cut on foot)
• Shelly fell off the felucca gang plank and twisted ankle
• Numerous cases of vomiting and diarrhea (I have taken antibotics now and my stomach seems to be equalising, finally!)
• Zac cut his finger cooking (not serious)
• Shelley had hot water splashed on her whilst cooking (not serious)
• A couple of cases of burning hands following chilli chopping or chilli pot washing (not serious, but really rather painful)
• Zac cut his foot open flinging Tegan into the pool
• Shelley bruised her leg in Assassin when she jumped into the beach from the roof of the truck to kill Tegan
• Nick splashed hot water on himself and Tegan trying to make tea (not serious)