Sunday morning, I was woken by the rain. I’m not sure what time, it was still dark outside, so before 6. It didn’t take much as the power was off, so no fan; it was therefore warm and stuffy in my room. I fought it though, successfully actually, probably because the rain had cooled the… Read More »
I think this is the fifth Christmas I’ve been away from home; on a submarine in my former life, skiing with two young boys who had so much fun in the snow and three times now in the heat. The first was when we all went to Oman, so ostentatious. The second on my own… Read More »
The Centre closed its doors on Wednesday, so its just me, the security guard and our ‘landlord’ the International Rescue Committee (IRC) Health Centre’s skeleton team. After a day and half of DIY I decide to head to the ‘city’, Arua, for a pre-Christmas break. It’s not a city as you would know one, but… Read More »
After the night before, I gave up at 3, it was a relatively early start at 9, thank goodness I wasn’t driving. But on later questioning I find our driver didn’t go to bed until 7… Oh well, he seemed on-it. We got to the border, I changed SIM cards and messaged the team… Read More »
So as per my last I got up at 5 on Friday, to get to the airport for 6, for a flight that eventually took off at… 1030. I then drove 2 and a half hours back ‘home’ to the Centre in BidiBidi, despite having to go back to our Clinic in South Sudan on… Read More »
Heading from Kajo-Keji to Juba today (both places in South Sudan). Flying ‘safari’ airlines, which doesn’t register on a Google search… I stayed at the clinic in South Sudan last night, and actually the night was fine. A little light rain around 5 and a good breeze no doubt helped. In fact dare I say… Read More »
Tomorrow I am going to our clinic in South Sudan. Not southern Sudan (the county that is (or was until Hamas kicked off on 7 Oct) in the news for its civil war) but South Sudan, a country in its own right which gained independence from Sudan in 2011 (but itself had a civil war… Read More »
I came with a lot of luggage; Emirates let you have 2x 23kgs. Of course I smashed that with 25 and 24, and had my ‘patter’ ready. The rest was in my ‘little’ rucksac. The guy at the desk was a complete pain in the ass, though. He first asked me to weigh my hand… Read More »
First weekend and I was invited to the wedding of one of our team (though I later realised there were three of our team (both brides and grooms) getting married). Now let me just explain a little of Africa. Or maybe Uganda, though I expect it is common throughout. So, boy meets girl. They may… Read More »
Back again in Uganda, or I should say more correctly East Africa, as I will be again spending a fair few days in South Sudan this trip, before heading home in mid-late January. So a short trip of only 10-ish weeks. The trip in was pretty good actually, on both my Emirates flights, 7 and… Read More »