Locked in!

After yesterday's interesting day, today has started off with a bang as well! 

I went out to my kitchen to make a cup of tea, just in my dressing gown with no phone on me. I unlocked the kitchen door and left the keys in the lock and then pottered around - momentarily closing the door to keep the mosquitoes out. After making my tea I suddenly realised that the door wouldn't open and I was locked in my kitchen! The door in the corridor is the same, so I knew exactly what had happened, but I don't think I had ever shut my kitchen one before! Feeling a slight panic I shouted out of the window. I started off a bit quiet at first but after getting nowhere I banished my English sensibilities about making a fool of myself and started really hollering. I also tried climbing on to my gas bottle and out of the window but I was worried about getting stuck and making a bad situation worse!

Eventually a small girl came on to a balcony above me, but was very shy and didn't speak much English. I tried to convince her to come down, explaining and miming that I was locked in while hanging out of the small window! After what felt like ages she went to get her mum, who grasped the situation slightly quicker. Interestingly her first question was 'who locked you in?'! Maybe they thought I was being punished. 

By the time security came and let me out it had got quite warm in my little kitchen, so I feel like I have had an adventure and a sauna and it's not even lunchtime! I have now learned a) to keep a key in the kitchen and b) not to shut the door!