My friend Abu's Birthday

We had a great day, we headed out to Bureh Town beach - Abu and his son Santos, his friend Dadio, a couple Fayia and his fiance, a friend called Maria who was an old patient of mine, and me.

The sun was shining and the beach was empty. Sea warm and waves a bit choppy which always adds fun - and a challenge since Maria is paralysed from shoulders down! I'm very used to handling paralysed people in nice controlled hydrotherapy pools - but the choppy sea left me with aching arms for the next week!!

Anyway, Maria had never been swimming before and she loved it - totally trusting me and Abu not to let her drown. Still she even managed to balance on her own (with arm bands that is!) for a minute at a time.

Abu, despite being a strong swimmer was trying to learn to float - something we whites seem to do very easily here as the water is so salty, but the africans seem to have a denser body mass (prob due to all their BIG muscles!) and are unable to float.

Egg sandwiches with a bit of sand seasoning, coconut and a squashed birthday cake.

Fun was had by all.