Monday, 5 Mar 2007 | Views [807] | Comments [2]
Well, we've recieved all our furniture, basically intact. Sue was sweating on the lounge (OK) and Jim the TV (also OK). Only one ornament got broken (a giraffe - sorry Kaylene) which was pretty ironic in the land of giraffes. Still gradually sorting ... Read more >
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Saturday, 17 Feb 2007 | Views [453]
Well we're in the house now. Our furniture is in Dar es Salaam and was supposed to go through customs yesterday. We have adopted a dog (called 'Lady', a pure bred Brittany Spaniel that beats me to the avocados when they fall off the tree next door) and ... Read more >
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Tuesday, 30 Jan 2007 | Views [434] | Comments [1]
Sue has been too busy socialising and visiting schools and orphanages to wite anything for a few days. She has been to a few restaurants, including one run by an Australain guy on Australia Day. She has joined a garden club already and met up with some ... Read more >
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Wednesday, 24 Jan 2007 | Views [443]
Hi enerybody, Jim has gone so i have to try and find my way around this site, of course when he's here he takes over because he's quicker so I'm still trying to work it out. Guess what I'm going to a garden club meeting on Saturday, I met a friend ... Read more >
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Tuesday, 23 Jan 2007 | Views [564]
Today we met Lesley, one of the other Barrick Expat wives, down at the hotel coffee shop. Lesley is a Pom with a bubbly personality and a lady who knows her way around town and how to get things done. She arranged the curtain man to come around to the ... Read more >
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Sunday, 21 Jan 2007 | Views [662] | Comments [2]
Early in the day we got Sue's phone cards sorted out although still having difficulty loading them in. On the way back fom CelTel there was a group of African religious dancers putting on a show (making a film) in the central town roundabout. They were ... Read more >
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Friday, 19 Jan 2007 | Views [555] | Comments [5]
Have arrived in Arusha and staying at the hotel for now, and probably for the next couple of weeks. Bye that time I'll be sick of hotel food. Have checked the house out and met the neighbours. Apart from the crass lights the house is fine. Went to a ... Read more >
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