We are two electrical engineering students doing our Master's Thesis as a Minor Field Study on small-scale hydro systems in rural Mozambique. This blog is about the adventures we encounter during our ten weeks abroad, but also about the preparation, all good advice we've got and what might just have been time spent sleepless worring about completely unnecessary things.

Sunday, 12 February 2012

Snakes and monkeys

First week of the project completed and the feeling that lasts is "How are we supposed to set limitations to not let it expand out of our reach?" Once we've started we've realised how much there is that could be done.

When you have a project like this planned, most of your conversations will sooner or later end up discussing the subject. This has resultet in a lot of useful information about Africa and its animals. First, do not trust monkeys. They will steal your food. They can open car doors. They will most likely get in to your unattended tent if they think you store food in it. Second, do not walk into even the smallest forest without company. There are cobras. Cobras are not very nice and can rise up to a height of 2 meters. And, if you can't find any company and you still have to enter the forest the best thing to bring is a slingshot.

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