Animal House by Eli Knights

Don't leave your protein bars lying out in the open. This is a lesson we learnt very quickly living in Istambul or should I say the animal house. On the very first day of Keeners we left our cabin for less than an hour and came back to find that something had nibbled away at Jacob's protein bar. This continued with the creature even eating through a plastic bag and a wrapper to get at the bars. We found out who the food thief was when one day we came back and saw two squirrels that quickly ran under our beds. After the squirrels had left the cabin we searched the cabin for where they were getting in and found a sizable gap under the logs next to the door. To stop any squirrels from returning for a midnight snack a spare sheet was shoved into the gap and taped in there. However, squirrels aren't the only problem we face in Istambul. With a gappy door mosquitos love finding their way into our room to eat us when we try to sleep. We've resorted to putting bug spray in our hair or just covering ourselves in it to avoid being devoured. All in all I've learnt that staying in Istambul is a challenge of its own and you're sharing your room with a myriad of other critters.