Novotel Port Harcourt

... people know him. Th**efore, we just sat th**e and spoke with people, and as I was one of few white people to be th**e people actually sat down with us. During this long weekend, I saw one oth** white p**son in PH except from at the airport, and that was at campus the next day. The highlight of the evening was a transformator (high voltage thing) which was on fire, something that I would think would be potentially v**y dang**ous, but which didn't seem to both** anyone except me ...

... Anwesenden Saufkumpanen als Geschworene. Das Ergebnis war ein klar** Schuldspruch und als Strafe wurde eine Kiste Bi** festgesetzt, sofort zu organisi**en. Das Ganze war wirklich lustig. Eine zweite Anklage, weil ** auch seinen Hochzeitstag nicht mehr wusste, wurde fallengelassen und zur Kla**ung an die Ehefrau weit**gegeben. Ich weiss all**dings ohnehin nicht, ob ihr Hochzeitstag fu** sie so toll war. Die Ehe ist wohl, wie ...

... farewell 'do' yest**day to say bye to work placements and host families. We organised an awards c**emony too (I won most enthusiatic volunte**!) which basically consisted of hand-made awards and cheesy speeches haha. This last week has vanished and i am struggling to believe that time can fly so quickly. Ev**ything is sorted for fundraising in Edinburgh - finally. I will definitely come back to *****ia in the next two ...

... of fundraising for the children. It's turning into a v**y exciting project - and I love doing it apart from having z**o free time compared to the oth** volunte**s. Trying to do anything h**e is vastly diff**ent from how it would be done in the UK - time management is non existent h**e eg. the headmast** has not turned up for work on time for a week and it is rare to start and finish anything on time - even formal meetings! I have spent the last three weeks explaining ...

How is ev**ything going in the UK at the mo? Life is, as usual, hectic but fantastic h**e in Calabar. I have so much to do - it feels a bit like I'm doing a diss**tation ov** again! I am continuing to have wi**d and wond**ful (though usually one or the oth**!) exp**iences h**e. I find the transportation/traffic system h**e unbelievable. Last week I saw a taxi drive into a motorbike. The bike crashed down (luckily the passeng ...

... formance haha..... Wednesday was an important day for me - I had to organise a day for the group which would somehow educate them on an issue prevalent in Calabar. I chose to present on the effects of pov**ty on *****ia's education system. Got all the team to teach the children at Flieyo Model (hut on a puddle). The day was v**y successful. It was v**y sad yest**day as, on the way to a work placement, we met this little girl called Happiness who had got lost on h** way to ...

... arm when you pass and try to force you to buy things from them). It is so funny h**e - I was in a taxi and a man got in, looked at me and declared "I am so happy to be sitting next to a white woman"!! I've had lots of marriage off**s so far (don't worry Mum & Dad - I've not accepted any haha). I've had to invent a husband to try to stop furth** questions about marriage. The names of people are wond**ful - Excellence, Patience, Marvellous, Treasure, Blessing, Favour. My ...

... the local peoples awareness of our presence. This week is the 10th anniv**sary of Ken saro-wiwa's execution and I have attended a memorial meeting of the Ogoni people. One of the opposition lead**s in the region is also going to trial today as well as more demonstrations for independence by seek**s of independence. So the potential for the increase in our workload is ev** present but hopefully will not reach fruition. Also did my first Steinman pin last week!!

... the valve to the African way (a valve recov**ed from of anoth** tube, a patch glued to the dissolution, a small wash**, all tight with a nut), the vulcaniz** patched 3 times the tube by the traditional method (20 minutes by patch to heat it with diesel). But that holds... I take back the road; it remains 150 Km until Calabar but it is 17h00 and I am going to drive by night. that fears. And rain falls... As soon as the night falls, I wait for a car with sidelights and working ...

... stupid that Tony might do. That's the second second Tony starts the car, going for a U-turn. One of the cops stands in front of the car, while anoth** one starts destroying the driv**-side rear-view mirror by hitting it with his machine gun. At this point, obviously both parties w**e getting v**y upset, and that's the moment I realised I was standing th**e with my colleague, two white guys in the middle of a crowd of sev**al thousands, the ...