Making friends and meeting wildlife

We've made good friends in the village. Basically there are 3 small villages along the road, spread out. It is about a 10 minute walk from one end to the other up (or down) a hill. There are lots of expat kids in the area and the girls made friends straight away.

Last night I walked the girls over to a good friend's place and all the kids went to the rockpools. This is a place off the main road where the river widens and flattens out and there is a swimming pool in the rocks. We had a glass of wine and chatted before walking out to get the girls as it was getting dark.

As we walked home we saw a mummy boar crossing the road followed by 6 boarlets. She peeked her head out of the cover, grunted a bit and went across. We waited til they were well away as mummy boars are grumpy and likely to charge.

In the past week we have seen boars, monkeys, snakes and huge spiders; these things are bigger than a dinner plate. At least I take comfort in the amount of mozzies they can eat. They do just stay in the trees out of the way. There are also lots of crickets which sing in the trees at night. There is herd of cows too, which wander up and down the road stopping traffic.