Vhelbherg Imperial Hotel Port Harcourt

... and it turned out it was an 'all white party' meaning that ev**yone should wear white, which the three of us actually did. We partied hard and went home around two, aft** which we watched some movies. Howev**, before we left his car decided not to start and it took Kelvin about half an hour to get it sorted out, as he needed to jump-start it. I just watched and laughed togeth** with a friend of Kelvin. The thing about Kelvin's place is that they are around five people living togeth ...

... und sein Sohn ist letzte Woche 18 geworden. Nazi hat ihm die Geburtstagsparty geschenkt, nachdem JJ den Geburtstag seines Sohnes und auch seinen eigenen einen Tag vorh** leid** v**gessen hatte. Anlaesslich dieses "V**gehens" konnte ich dann etwas beiwohnen, was wohl ein bisschen sowas wie eine *****ianische Tradition ist. Es gab eine Art G**ichtsv**handlung, bei d** sich spontan Anwaelte und V**teidig** h**ausbildeten, mit ...

... 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 ...

How are things? You all seem to be doing various exciting things in UK at the mo. Did ev**yone get the long email split into two last week? I seem to be having problems sending emails at the mo. Things are s**iously moving quickly h**e in *****ia - only 3 weeks til we fly to London and start our work in Edinburgh. As usual, ev**ything is hectic! I think I told you that I'm in the process of trying to twin the Flieyo school I work at with a school in Edinburgh with the ...

... white man" (eg canoes and footballs) at all. Pet** then rounded up by stating that they w**e inf**ior to white people as they "w**e living in mud huts before we came along". We tried to explain that this was not the case and that eg canoes w**e not 'invented' by the white man but it was like they had all been brainwashed. Work is going well - we are trying to twin Flieyo school with Edinburgh schools and hope to get Edinburgh ...

... 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 ...

... and boat), furth** adv**tising of our presence h**e and the extensive modification of the neighbouring building to become the accident and em**gency unit with short stay beds. The local people h**e are extremely welcoming and friendly. But they are mistaking me for a 'white man', which is what they call the oth** memb**s of the team. They are bemused by our presence h**e and that we are off**ing free em**gency/traumatic treatment, (since nothing is free in ...

... 2 tubes, a crown and a gable brand new, taking them out of my canteen of parts bound for Congo) Return at the Haoussa for again 100 EUR and to begin to take of a true meal: since the departure of PHC, on Thursday, I swallowed a bag of popcorn, 2 eggs and a bowl of rice. But it is true that I have some res**ves. I use some. Monday 26/09: The visa, the visa, the visa,... The business is back: 08h30 to the consulate for this ****ing visa. I fill the demand in 10 minutes, I buy ...

... assessed the situation: the crowd went back to their occupations, and we called on the radio (!) for someone to come and get us. We waited for more than half an hour, the first few minutes being a little bit scary, as all the children would be pointo,g their fing**s and shouting "owibo! owibo!" to us. That's equivalent to shouting "nigg**s" in the rev**se situation. But then it was only the kids, so we w**e ok, and the people th**e minded their ...