South Africa - at last!

It is 51 years since I was last in South Africa!  For one reason and another I have never visited Mark and Margo in Sodwana Bay.  But now I have - and historically so!

My account of the visit can be found in two parts - click on the links if you wish to read them!!

I have also uploaded two versions.

Some of my readers find it difficult to download the pdf docs as they can exceed 1MB.

So there is an option to download just the text and not the accompanying photos - maybe better than nothing!?

(BTW it's in two parts because I could not get the whole thing to upload - limitations of my Rwandan connection!)



SMALL SIZE FOR DOWNLOAD - NO PHOTOS

SOUTH AFRICA AT LAST - PART ONE
http://docs.google.com/Doc?docid=0AUEGnFTyyKfVZGNmanQ0aDdfM2ZmazQyZmR3&hl=en

SOUTH AFRICA AT LAST - PART TWO
http://docs.google.com/Doc?docid=0AUEGnFTyyKfVZGNmanQ0aDdfNGc4djVxc2cz&hl=en


.pdf FOR DOWNLOAD - bigger than 1MB with PHOTOS

SOUTH AFRICA AT LAST - PART ONE

http://docs.google.com/leaf?id=0B0EGnFTyyKfVNWUzYTU2MTktNmE2Zi00YzdkLTg5MzEtODQzZWJlMGJkZjk5&hl=en

SOUTH AFRICA AT LAST - PART TWO
http://docs.google.com/leaf?id=0B0EGnFTyyKfVZWFlYWQ2ZDQtMDYwMy00YjZiLWI2YTgtN2Q5ZDQ1Y2NkZGVm&hl=en

A Rwandom Rwandan Update....

It has been a few weeks since my last blog.  No significant happenings recently so just a few random thoughts to entertain, divert or bore you.

Kindly click on the link........

http://docs.google.com/fileview?id=0B0EGnFTyyKfVODZiNjNlN2YtNDVlMS00Zjk4LWIwMGQtM2VjOTQzMzU1ZDEz&hl=en

Just a Quick Update.......

Being some images from Nyarubuye and a photo of me, Ruth (VSO Prog Manager) and the legend - Froduald, who is leaving on 31st March!!!!

Tant pis.  We will get there..............

Here's the link:

http://docs.google.com/fileview?id=0B0EGnFTyyKfVMDg2N2NmY2UtNGU3Ny00ZWFiLWI2MDQtZTlkMmYxNGM3Mzcy&hl=en

The Long and Winding Road ........

Leads to this door.  A small, but vocal, axis of disbelief has suggested that I am just touristing on Goat Kebab and Rwanda beer - calumny!!  Here is the counter evidence.

PS I have uploaded my few Ethio blogs - a well kept secret - just in case anyone is remotely interested!  Not sure why, I decided not to edit in any way, though some posts needed it.  If you can be bothered - I enjoyed writing them.

For the latest in Rwanda - click on this link:

http://docs.google.com/fileview?id=0B0EGnFTyyKfVZTc0NmU4MTYtNjhhOS00ZTdlLWE5MWMtN2I4Y2RiMjlhZjRl&hl=en

Buy one Christmas, get another one free ................

Went home for Christmas 2009, came back to Julia's New Year Party and then my second Christmas .....

Click it here .....

http://docs.google.com/fileview?id=0B0EGnFTyyKfVZGYwNjM0YTEtNmFjZS00MGZkLWI3YWEtMDY2YmZhYTBhMmM2&hl=en

A Tale of Two Gorges.....

Well there is the Omo River Gorge and the Nile Gorge - both stunning.  Ethiopia November 2008.  Read on .......

http://docs.google.com/fileview?id=0B0EGnFTyyKfVZWZhYzU3MmUtOWMyYy00YjI2LTlhY2QtMjAwNTFjZjI0M2Jk&hl=en

The Wet Dry Season ............

Yes in Ethiopia the dry season was wet (or was the wet season dry?) Oh well, read on.....

http://docs.google.com/fileview?id=0B0EGnFTyyKfVYTY5NzBkOTctYTg3OC00YmZhLWI1YTctMGFlZmMyYjEwYjVi&hl=en

Today at Lunchtime .......................

Hey - Lucy in the Sky is big news in Ethiopia.  Gourmands and humanoids read on ............

http://docs.google.com/Doc?docid=0AUEGnFTyyKfVZGNmanQ0aDdfMWZ0cGo2Y2hw&hl=en

First Home Thoughts From Abroad.............

Ethiopia blog #1 (I think) just adding the blogs that few clicked on!!!

(Well never told anyone!)  This was the first..... Click and enjoy........

http://docs.google.com/fileview?id=0B0EGnFTyyKfVYTEwYzI5Y2QtYTIzOS00ZGI5LTk3ZTktMjlhZWExOTQ3NzNj&hl=en

Totolly Toto ...................

An account of a visit to Akagera National Park in the Eastern Province - Rwanda's own Serengeti (but smaller!!) Click on the link........

http://docs.google.com/fileview?id=0B0EGnFTyyKfVNDgxMzRlZTgtYWQ4MS00MmVhLTk5MzMtMGM4YjU0ODY0ZDgz&hl=en

Today I went to Nyarubuye.....

Nyarubuye is a small hamlet about 30 mins by moto from Nyakarimbi in the Eastern Province of Rwanda.  It is the location of a Genocide Memorial to those who were killed in the large Catholic church and surrounding area in June 1994.  At the time it was the subject of a BBC Panorama programme;  Fergal Keane was the reporter.  He later wrote about his experiences in Rwanda at the time of the Genocide.  Click on the link for my account of our visit.

http://docs.google.com/fileview?id=0B0EGnFTyyKfVZDAxZDYxNTItZjVlYi00ODZhLWEwNWEtNzU1MmVlZGI4MGJk&hl=en

World Tour of Africa ............

Well another episode from Rwanda.  Here's the link:

http://docs.google.com/fileview?id=0B0EGnFTyyKfVYjAxODlhNzgtNmRhZS00YzIwLTg3NzEtMTYxZjdjYjgyMjdh&hl=en

Still can't think of a way to upload to the blogsite.  I can't really compose in real time on the web - connection is far too slow.  Anyway - here it is.

Best wishes

Jeremy

Welcome to Rwanda

Hello all
Still haven't sorted out how best to do this thing.
Thought I could upload files such as doc or pdf but how eludes me at present!!

For the present you can access a first document by clicking on this link:

http://docs.google.com/fileview?id=0B0EGnFTyyKfVMDJlNWNmNWItOGYxYi00NjJkLTg2N2ItNGY4ODJhODU4NzVl&hl=en

Perhaps that's the way to go?

Anyway - more anon.

Cheers

Jeremy