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Life in the Middle - Part 1 - Journal Entry
Life in the Middle - Part 1 - 30 May 2008 So it begins... "Life in the Middle" - the title, if you're curious, was born during a free exchange with Shawna Sharruf and Robert Connelly a few weeks ago at Robert and Paul's home in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico. So why does the title make sense for this series of "expat" tales from Nairobi? Well... I'm …
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The clown car cometh
The shaky morning was somewhat dealt with by some masterly cooked fresh eggs. As there had been no time yesterday, we donned some cleverly concealed santa hats and had a belated opening of Christmas presents (thanks family). Setting off towards the mountains, we spotted some people we had visited the previous night on the side of the road waiting to head into town - moments later there were eight of us crammed in the small Ford (a driver, two elderly women stacked in the ...
Football, God and Coca Cola (in that order)
... I don't think there is anywhere on earth quite like it. Where else can you listen to hippos eating metres from your head, stroke a cheetah in someones back garden, Donate your leftovers to a scavenging hyena, have to queue behind an elephant to use the water-but, share your shade with a lion or your rain-shelter with a silverback gorilla?
Life in Africa is nothing if not frustrating. The roads ...
It can't be over
... a vegetarian. I love the flavor of meat. My personal belief is that if man was supposed to be vegan we would have 4 stomachs to digest it like most animals that are herbivores. The menu includes staples like Pork and Beef but there is also things like ox balls, ostrich and crocodile. They do have a vegan menu but I couldn't see coming here if you weren't into meat. They served a salad and some potato's but it is the meat that is the show. They ...
The waiting is over...
... to Brussels to catch my 9:30am connection to Nairobi, Kenya (too American listing the country?). I made the gate at 6:15. Chances of making connection: Good.
An announcement revealed that the pilot has asked for a second opinion on a technical fault on my plane. I always thought it was just doctors who used this technique. Evidently not. I gazed out of the window at two men having a heated discussion on the tarmac next to ...


