Bits and pieces! Every now and again I think "I wonder if I've told you about….." so as I'm waiting for a meeting to begin I'll do just that but in no particular order! Started this and then the old mind went blank! So here goes. The women here all wear what are called meri [woman] dresses. They are very frilly quite often and are worn over a laplap,[sarong] or skirt. They tend to come to below the knee with a frill. Most often they have puff slee...

Bits and pieces! Every now and again I think "I wonder if I've told you about….." so as I'm waiting for a meeting to begin I'll do just that but in no particular order! Started this and then the old mind went blank! So here goes. The women here all wear what are called meri [woman] dresses. They are very frilly quite often and are worn over a laplap,[sarong] or skirt. They tend to come to below the knee with a frill. Most often they have puff slee...

What a fortnight! Brilliant though. Sorry not to have been in touch but out of town means away from the Internet and even mobile phone reach, and before I hear the laughter from friends and family WE have taught ourselves to text [calls are SO expensive within the country although from here to UK very cheap!] So what have we been up to? Last BLOG I think was before we went to Brahman, not sure though as we haven't been able to connect to the Internet to check. ...

A village on the way to Malala School I got Ken to stop by a village situated between the road and the sea shore. Beautiful setting that folks would pay millions for!! I'd seen a man mended his big fishing net and so I asked in Pidgen if I could take a picture? Of course I'm across the other side of the road with no sandals on and into the village in a flash! That caused everyone to come and gaupe and so a group photo was taken, much touching of my skin and prom...

Journey to Malala School It was a very quiet run in just under two hours from the Plantation Hotel. Very little traffic being a Sunday. Stopped a few times for photos but mainly by the time I'd said stop we were past what I thought of as interesting! I wanted to capture the different vegetation that you go through from what looks like an English road to the rain forest. The first time we did this trip a lot of the road was under loads of water. We arrived befor...