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Playing tour guide
I’m now back from my holiday with my family. And what a holiday it was. My mum, two of her old housemates from when she was my age living in San Francisco, my dad and I, squeezed into a double-cab bak… more →
This is the story of me in Namibia
Playing tour guide
wrote 2 years ago: I’m now back from my holiday with my family. And what a holiday it was. My mum, two of her old house … more →
And from a local perspective...
wrote 2 years ago: Following on from the previous posting about rape in Namibia, I thought I would share a few findings … more →
Violence in the dark
wrote 2 years ago: On Tuesday, I rang the Regional Councillor’s Office in Ovitoto, hoping to speak to Tjono. It had bee … more →
An update
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wrote 2 years ago: Yesterday I got a call from my boss saying a woman had called him saying her son had found my bag i … more →
Crisis of the "why do I bother?"
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wrote 2 years ago: A few people have commented that I haven’t written much about work recently. This is mostly because … more →
Postal drama
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wrote 2 years ago: Earlier this week, my boss told me that I had a package waiting for me at the post office. How excit … more →
Man’s best friend?
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wrote 2 years ago: Just before we moved in together, my housemate Jillian got a wee Jack Russell puppy. He was a tiny l … more →
Pathetic Fallacy
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wrote 2 years ago: Friday was our big Open Day for the community. The whole community was invited. I’d spent weeks prep … more →
The not-so-Grand Finale
wrote 2 years ago: It’s been a pretty exciting week out in Ovitoto, as it was the last week of our project. All the mon … more →
Cows rule
wrote 2 years ago: March is a busy month. Phase 1 of our project ends at the end of the month, which means all our acti … more →
Doggy paddle
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wrote 2 years ago: The sun was setting as I got back late from the office. I was a bit wound up from a last minute rush … more →
Moving house is one of the most stressful events...
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wrote 2 years ago: I’ve moved. Finally, after months of wishing to be living elsewhere, I am. I have moved in with my f … more →
Money money money…..
wrote 2 years ago: Sadly my new-found responsibility involves the accounts. I hate money; I’m just not any good with it … more →
The curse of the chicken
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wrote 2 years ago: As shrewdly noticed by my cousin Nick, it does seem rather unusual that a vegetarian would contract … more →
A plea/notice about post
wrote 2 years ago: I’ve had a few problems with the postal service over here, mainly that a lot of things aren’t arrivi … more →
New Year’s Parties
wrote 2 years ago: Each year there seems to be such a kerfuffal over what to do to see in the New Years. ‘Who’s having … more →
New Year’s Eve, and our return
wrote 2 years ago: Grey, cold and rainy. In Africa? ‘fraid so (it’s rainy season). After a lazy brekkie with all of our … more →
Swinging from low to high, to low and up again
wrote 2 years ago: Day 11: an early start prompts me to be active with laundry (there’s only so much dirt I can stand), … more →
And so our trip continued…
wrote 2 years ago: Day 8, 27th December: If we wanted to make Livingstone in time for New Year’s, we had to leave the l … more →
