Thursday, the 30th of December I wake up at 7am for two reasons. I am not used to sleep long after the ride here and my head spins around the Kenia entry stamp I still need to get. However, lethargic as I am this morning and relaxed as I have become I listen to Goddy and decide to take it easy today in Lodwar, in the little seperate... Read More »

I only have a piece of bred this Tuesday morning as on travel days I avoid big meals and drinks to avoid big and small tiger needs………………..busses, trucks and land cruisers usually do not stop for “nature” breaks and when you demand a stop they do so in the middle of nowhere. I suppose some of you know how it is when... Read More »

Its Christmas morning, Saturday the 25th, and I wake up with sun rise. Even though the Finish told me they want to leave early I did not prepare my alarm clock, an impossible idea for Frank in Germany. My first addiction being cured it seems, not feeling to miss something, relax and let it go. I am the first one up anyway, take a... Read More »

Now here comes my story on work and service in Ethiopia. I am in a restaurant for dinner and the waiter stands there, rather close to me. He looks at me and smiles, he is a friendly guy. After a while I ask for the menu. He leaves. About 5 minutes later he comes back with the menu. I show him what I want. He looks confused, wants... Read More »

It was not the sound of my stomach coping with the Pasta from last night that woke me up but the lady wiping the floor right in front of my room at 7am in the morning on a Sunday (December 19th, 2010). Not that she was in stress, no, she would do that till about 10am, then take an extensive break, and start over again from 2pm to... Read More »