Golfing

Today Kenny and Adam(Katie's husband) were off work for Carnival. They wanted to go golfing and since the kids were in school we decided to tag along and relax by the pool. The relaxing lasted about 5 mins and then tons of people showed up with kids. It was still nice to just relax and not have to worry about watching for our kids in the pool. At lunch time we had my driver join Katie and I for lunch while the guys finished golfing. We placed our order about 11:30am and around 1:15pm we got our food. I know that everything is slow in Angola but even my driver said maybe they had to go catch the fish first. He is not one that will says things like this either. He said maybe it was a shark and it is taking a lot of guys to get it to the restaurant. Katie and I got a can of Coke Light for $4.50 and our meal was 3 little pieces of meat, french fries and spinach and it cost each of us $35. My driver got fish and potatoes and his was $35 as well. I really miss fast food on days like today. They guys had us bring them a sandwich to eat on the way home and they only cost $5 a piece.

Kenny said the golfing was great and he had a lot of fun. It's about an hour from the house and the scenery is so nice it doesn't even feel like you are in Luanda. To golf it cost $100 and $50 for a cart. I was a little taken back by the price and then Katie had to remind me that it was the same amount we pay to get a manicure and pedicure. I couldn't complain after that. :-)

On the way we passed this golf course. It had absolutely no green grass.

Imbondeiro Tree

We seen a few of these sail boats.(Sorry for the picture it was with my cell phone)

These were our lunch companions.

A tree farm we passed.

Adam getting ready to take a shot. These are a few pictures Kenny took while they were golfing.

One last story. When Baptista was taking Katie and me over to pick up the guys he turned on a small road. I told him I thought he turned to soon and he said maybe it's ok. Katie and I kept looking at each other and laughing because we thought it was the road for the golf carts, but Baptista kept saying it was ok. Once we got to the end of the road a cart was about to drive down it. Sure enough he was driving on the cart roads. He could tell they were a little upset so he stopped by the workers and apologized to them. I told him they were going to write down his tag numbers and wouldn't allow him there again. He said, "Maybe it's ok". (He says this to almost everything.)