Before taking a bajaj I make sure they have change for me. Otherwise I look for another. I am tired of getting to the destination and then the driver hopping out and asking street vendors for change from 10,000 shillings. ATMs only give 10,000 (only very occasionally 5,000 notes) and so I am always stuck… Read More »
I was invited to join in a carol service at the Little Theatre in Dar and since there was not much sign that it was Christmas I thought it would be a nice reminder that I was in the festival season. The Little Theatre has a central courtyard and this is where chairs had been… Read More »
He jumped from the third floor. That’s what the papers said the next day. He threw all his money out of the window and then himself. I wondered whether he watched the people below, grabbing at the money as it blew along the lane. Renminbi from heaven, falling like autumn leaves, scooped up by grateful… Read More »
The tally of lost and stolen is now 3 bicycles 3 mobile phones 2 purses 1 pair Sony headphones I added another purse on Monday. Somewhere along Nanchang Lu, it either dropped out or was picked form my pocket. I realised very quickly and backtracked immediately but of course, the thing was nowhere to be… Read More »