It’s been six weeks since I had a little Indian fella drill holes in my shoulder and insert an implant. It still hurts but only when people slap me on the shoulder in greeting or hug him and squeeze my shoulder. So I have been careful to keep huggers and slappers at bay. A few… Read More »
I knew that Dar Yacht Club doesn’t have a reciprocal agreement with the Royal Bombay because I checked before I came. But I knew that if I went there and was polite and patient and friendly, they would probably let me in. My plan worked and after watching the attendants check and double check the… Read More »
This was nit the way I wanted to have my first experience of the Subcontinent but plans sometimes have to change and I find myself in Mumbai over Christmas and New Year period cooped up in a hotel in a sling and doing everything very slowly with one hand. Saifee hospital has a good reputation… Read More »
I didn’t plan on going abroad at Christmas and indeed was looking forward to going somewhere in Tanzania. To leave the country and come back in costs me another visa fee because money-grabbing Tanzania loves to give single entry visas. But tomorrow I am flying to Mumbai as a medical tourist. For months I have… Read More »
I have recently got interested in artificial intelligence. I have been making AI art for a few months and have posted many of the pictures on my walls to bring some colour into the house. AI art is incredible when you get it right but it takes some time and a lot of mistakes before… Read More »
Goat races – what on earth happens. People vote on goats to win a sprinting race around a track and basically the goats don’t want to run and have to be pushed around the track by a bunch of men. There are about 30 goats in total and eight races of ten goats each. I… Read More »
The Tanga Yacht Race is a well-known event among sailors in Dar, and I was fortunate to have the opportunity to participate. I was on a boat skippered by a 77-year-old veteran of many Tanga races, so I felt safe. The boat was a clean and tidy catamaran, with many automated systems that made sailing… Read More »
Luckily I got a free ticket for the Beaujolais Nouveau event this year at the French Embassy, My friend from the Ivory Coast was amongst the organisers so she dropped me the Tsh 100,000 ticket. By the time I got there, 20 minutes after doors open, there was a long queue hundreds of people inside… Read More »
I never considered tortoises to be good pets. They always seemed boring, slow moving and of no interest. However, that all changed when Hector took up residence in my garden. At first the creature would not come anywhere near me and every time I got near her she would draw everything in – feet, head… Read More »
I didn’t even want to go to Kigali but I needed a new visa so I needed to go somewhere and as I have an old friend in Kigali, I thought it would be the best option. I have done visa runs to all neighbouring countries except Burundi and Moz and flights further afield are… Read More »