On Thursday 23 March we made our first visit to the shipping agents in Lome, Togo. Three months ago. Yesterday morning at around 9am we received a call from our agents telling us to be at the container depot in 15 minutes. It’s a 30min drive and we had the…
First up. Happy Birthday Georgia. Georgia is my eldest grandchild and is 15 today. She lives in Vancouver with my eldest daughter, Deirdre. We are all abuzz in our apartment. It’s 4pm and the container ship Leonidio is steaming past our balcony. It’s been a beautiful blue-sky day and about…
Arriving two days ago to at the Tamassa resort on the south coast of Mauritius we have had time to enjoy some amazing weather. Tans are being re established and lots of reading and eating going on. Adam took us to Durban airport in our little Renault Kwid rental car…
The days slide by and we entertain ourselves with reading, watching Netflix and Prime and making regular visits to a Mall to window-shop and take coffee or hot chocolate at the local Mugg & Bean. The Netflix series ‘Occupied’ has us confused but royally entertained..:) While taking coffee in the…
Drama in the shipping quarter. As Jen mentioned in the last blog, the ship GH Maestro sailed on past Lome, to the Nigerian port of Tincan Island. The port for Lagos. Exasperation! What we don’t know is, who is controlling shipping movements? Is it the individual ship owners, their agents,…
The sun is back again. The day has been spent reading and relaxing. As there has been no activity, this blog entry will reflect on stuff I’ve watched on TV or read. Tune out now if you are not interested…:) Books First the book ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ by…
First. Happy Birthday Steve. My talented son, living in Lismore, Australia. The day dawned dull and cloudy. Still warm though. Yesterday as Jen mentioned, we went to a mall again. It’s our entertainment now, as well as for picking up food etc. This mall had a bookshop. It’s fine reading…
Today we received a response from Stanley in Lome. “There is nothing I can do”. In response to our question, why a change in shipping plans? The question I ask, did he have the character to resist the change of plans, regarding the moving around of the container in Togo?…
Adam left the apartment early to do some admin regarding the importation of his Landy. Jen and I languished, having a late breakfast and getting used to our comparatively modern and stylish environment with all conveniences. Our apartment is on the 1st floor and we have a view out over…
Wow! Lots of emotions and feelings regarding South Africa, or the little that we have seen of it already. We left Pretoria this morning at 9.30am, having to drive back to Johannesburg to begin the journey to Durban. Johannesburg is a powerhouse. What little we saw of it, it’s an…