HEADLESS CHICKEN! 23rd March 2008 We're up to the gunnels in mud!I've never experienced anything like the amount or density of the rain, it sheets down for hours on end, often accompanied by amazing lightning and thunder.Consequently the tracks are knee-deep in mud and I have no trendy wellies!!A wonderful sight out of our window, a couple of pikininis, stark naked, about 2/3 years old, jumping up and down in a huge puddle and throwing mud balls at each other. ...

HALLELUJAH AND GLORY BE! 25th March 2008 Amazing how little things can cause such indescribable pleasure - yes, I'm sure you've guessed - I've found a toilet cleaner and it actually works! We've been scraping away with a knife and screwdriver and patches of white are emerging - I'll get the b***** white if it's the last thing I do! The cleaner is of Chinese origin and the directions state 'for stubborn stains, scrub with a hairbrush!' My hairbrush isn't going a...

MACHETES GALORE! 10th March 2008 Lovely to hear from you all, particularly to-day, as I have been confined to bed with a nasty sickness/diarrhoea bug.Feeling a bit better now, so have time to write a bit more. I was lying in bed feeling sorry for myself, when it sounded as though WW2 had started.I looked out and you know (those teachers amongst you) how we used to do whole school litter picking occasionally, well the whole school here has turned out to do a wh...

COCKROACHES AND FILTH! 2nd March 2008 Cockroaches still abound, especially at night, so Buddhist principles of loving kindness go out the window I'm afraid, as it's every man for himself in these parts and they get stamped on with remorseless venom!Last night was a classic.You can hear the critters scuttling across the bedroom floor (that's why they don't put Wilton carpets down - you wouldn't be able to hear the b....rs!) I'm such a light sleeper that they wak...

Hi All from PNG! We're having great difficulty accessing a computer at the moment and when we do it takes two days to get an internet connection, which is driving us NUTS! Consequently we won't be doing any more entries here until we get to our placement, which could be next week, next fortnight maybe - who knows? In Country Training - It's a hard life but someone has to do it! At last we have access to computer facilities - the last time we tried, it took an a...