Flying out of South Africa on 31st November 2015 I was heading for Uganda. I was flying Ethiopian Airways which took me via Addis Ababa, the capital of Ethiopia with a connecting flight to Entebbe, Uganda. On my first leg…

Student’s exams and graduation dominated this week. On Wednesday I was asked to observe students as they participated in their practical exams. There were 8 stations set up in different rooms at the clinic to test the students on their…

What an amazing time I have had these last days in Mpumalanga Province. Yvonne left work early on Friday to take me to see some of the sights. Val came along too so there were three of us in the…

Oh what a week this world has had! All the atrocities happening throughout the world with terrorism and natural disasters, rumours of war and hatred being spurred on from all sides. People rising up against one another, facebook colours in…

South Africa has had a very dry few years with some places suffering from drought.  One day having borrowed Yvonne’s car I was coming back from Nelspruit when I noticed the skies were rather dark but not with rain clouds,…

Not long after finishing the last blog post I received an email regarding the credit card I wanted to use to pay for the Nigerian visa application. It stated:  Your request has been rejected. Reason Rejected..[A.K.] Last four digits of…