Archive for December, 2005

On the road

Monday, December 26th, 2005

After some fabulous days at Victoria Falls we arrived in Botswana – sitting in an internet café trying to absorb the last bit of civilization before we enter the Chobe National Park on our way to the Ogavango Delta. Christmas Eve was celebrated on the Zambian side of Vic falls and my Birthday on the […]

God or good fortune?

Tuesday, December 20th, 2005

Thousands of birds just drop from the sky in a district here in Malawi. What can it be other than manna from above; God finally heard the prayers of thousands of staving Malawians and reached out his hand in the middle of this food crisis. One guy was found with 700 hundred birds in his […]

Peculiarities of Africa

Monday, December 5th, 2005

There is a unique variation you experience in this Country or on the continent for that matter, and I doubt you can experience it anyway else. It’s an African peculiarity which makes you smile; frustrates you in the moment, but entertains you at the dinner table. Its small events, stories and situations flavoured with humour, […]