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…
It’s 8.30pm Togo time and we are in darkness winging our way to Johannesburg. We’re on a Asky 737 flight. An hour ago we spent 40min on the tarmac in Kinshasa (capital of Republic of Congo) refueling, dropping off the majority of passengers and taking on some new. Niger River…
To take my mind off the dreaded waiting I found a book I had loaded onto our Mac while in the UK. It’s called “The Long Walk”. Written in 1956. You may be familiar with the title or some part of the story, as I was. The story of allegedly…
So, the rain returned during the night. There is more forecast over then next couple of days, but nothing too drastic. It’s only taken us three weeks to sort out the temperature in our hotel room or cabin. The aircon has been going flat out but we are learning to…
We were expecting rain during the night. From the few marks in the sand, there was a very light shower. Fortunately not enough to cause the bog holes in the hotel road to expand. The hot sun has nearly dried them up. As Jen mentioned yesterday, at 8am we were…
Another day in paradise. The sun is shining and by 10am it’s about 28deg. Time to go for a swim. The tide is out and the rock reef that protects the beach in front of the hotel, is doing it’s job of making the swimming comfortable. When the tide comes…