When you live in Europe or other developed region and you hear of droughts, failed crops and dying cattle it’s terribly sad. The rains failing somewhere in Africa is a local and regional calamity. But this misfortune is in places you’ve never been or ever likely to go to. Ethiopia, Somalia, Angola, DRC, Chad, Niger,… Read More »
It was a rare weekend stuck in Morogoro and I had trawled the internet to find something interesting to do in the town. Apart from visiting a giant Baobab tree (aren’t they all giant?) the only other thing I found was a walk to Choma Waterfall. I had never been up into the mountains I… Read More »
(post script. Since I published this article I have learnt that 17 people lost their lives in these flood in Dar) It was raining buckets when I set out from home to go to a breakfast meeting at 7am. It then continued to rain as I made my wet way to work. At 10am I… Read More »
There’s a reason my house is quite cheap. Many of my friends say to me that I am lucky to have such a cheap but well located house. The rooms are a good size, the metro and restaurants and cafes are close by and I am the envy of many. But there are serious shortcomings… Read More »
Having been to SheShan Mountain earlier in the day I decided I should stop off at Qibao station on my way back to Shanghai to have a look at the water town there. I had read conflicting reports of it and wanted to see for myself. I wasn’t expecting much, the town is just outside… Read More »
The water pressure in my house is so bad that to fill a bucket I run the tap and carry on with the rest of my jobs. If I put the washing machine on, I usually leave the house as I can do nothing else which involves water. It is without doubt the biggest drawback… Read More »