Not really in South Africa as the picture would suggest but almost out of internet time and it was the first picture that came up on the automatic picture thingy! New Year was pretty good here. On New Years Eve, we filled balloons with sweets and popped them at midnight. Also at midnight all the boda boda's (motorbikes) in the village drove through beeping their horns shortly fllowed by people comming from outside villages running through shouting and banging jer...

'Christmas won't be Christmas without any presents' well they got that wrong although it was the oddest Chrsitmas I've ever had!Preparations began the day before as one of the pigs were slaughtered and we spent the entire afternoon going back and forth for waterto the spring ( a 40 minute round trip) to collect water for all the guests comming. I would like to announce my achievement at this point that I can now carry 10 litres of water- though everyone else can ...

Finally the school holidays have arrived! I've also done my first bit of proper travelling. The end of term was quite strange as though pupils coninued comming to school there was no lessons as the teachers had to mark exams and write school reports, so the pupils spent their time gardening and singing. I also had nativity play rehearsals in the last couple of weeks. As the schol lacks money we had to be resourceful with props and so our sheep were made with stic...

Still can't believe its November - it should be cold not hot!! Time passing is strange here as it gets dark and light the same time everyday and there is little evidence of there being any seasons. The last couple of weeks have been really busy in many ways. I was ill for quite some time which meant having to go spend a night in Kampala to be near the hospital. Two courses of antibiotics later and it still hasn't completely cleared up but I'm a lot better. I have...

Still can't believe its November - it should be cold not hot!! Time passing is strange here as it gets dark and light the same time everyday and there is little evidence of there being any seasons. The last couple of weeks have been really busy in many ways. I was ill for quite some time which meant having to go spend a night in Kampala to be near the hospital. Two courses of antibiotics later and it still hasn't completely cleared up but I'm a lot better. I have...