Sukie was signed up for djembe class (African drumming) at ISO, but I got the times wrong so we showed up at the end.  It looked fun, and several of her classmates are in the class.  So after we walked around and found two of the desert tortoises, happily munches the grass.  They are very very cool looking, and quite large.  For dinner Salimata cooked riz gras, vegetarian style, and it was very good; Sukie had two huge servings.  We had a Peace Corps volunteer, Amelia, over for dinner.  Then we went for ice cream at Festival de Glace.  I had noisette – hazelnut.  It was very good, made more delicious because the electricity went off for six hours in the afternoon, so it was really hot.  We’re talking 104 degrees outside.  Unable to work inside without any ventilation.  I worked all day with the FAVL team, including a lengthy discussion of the estimated costs of the refurbishment of a library building in Kiembara, where Amelia is based (and she heads off tomorrow for the village).