It rained sporadically throughout the night, often hard. Even Ricky is commenting on it being the dry season. And then, as I was thinking of leaving this morning, it poured again. I suspect that it's much worse at a 1000 m and thus decided to sit back and read for the day.
I finished Shirley Shackleton's "A Circle of Silence". I encourage all to read it. Successive Australian Governments supported the Indonesian Government as it wiped out a quarter of Timor Leste's population.
My imagination about what I would wake to at Ricky Cowboy's was close to the mark, with the exception that there's less bamboo than I envisaged.
Ricky is a very interesting fellow. He builds everything himself and does his best to avoid plastic. He works hard to keep the area clean including the creek below. This morning he had an electrician helping to restore the power. They roared with laughter when I mentioned an Australian expression "white man's magic".
Ricky - dressed for the rain. He likes being photographed in a natural pose.
