A work visit to South Africa so a good opportunity to do what I missed out on last time, and take an overnight sidetrip to Victoria Falls. 'The smoke that thunders' is the local name and it certainly lives up to that. It's actually a series of waterfalls stretching across the Zambezi river, from Zambia to Zimbabwe. This time of year it is at the end of the wet season and so in full flow, so much so that the view was limited - because of the mist and spray. The wa...

An early flight the next morning for the field trip to Zimbabwe. The flight departure board was filled with alluring names and unfamiliar ones as well as ours to Harare. First stop was a meeting with the British Embassy and DFID at a slightly out of town block. Next stop was the VSO office in Harare and to meet the team there. Another good experience of putting names to faces, and seeing the purple logo in an urban block of offices, next to Maggie's Alteration...