Blogs from Alberton, Gauteng, South Africa, Africa

I know, I know. I should be in India by now. There have been a few hiccups during this process, to say the least. I was offered a job by McCain in India, however because of some complications, I was not able to get a work visa to do this job. So if I want to work, there are two options... we move to China, or Gordon finds another job within McCain. So as it stands now, we are heading to China at the beginning of May to see if it is a place that we could live. In the meantime, I have got a visitors visa for India, and should finally be joining Gordon there next week. The process over the past few months has been enough to drive us crazy. Gordon has not only ... read more

Quite ironically I mentioned to my friend that you couldn’t pay me to visit India. This was before I came to know that Gordon and I might be moving there. India and China were probably the last place on earth I wanted to go. Neither of them held any appeal whatsoever. I would much rather have immigrated to a first world country, where it is clean and orderly, where you are able communicate with the locals and it is easier to integrate into the local culture. Gordon caught his flight from South Africa to Chicago, and we both knew that the next few days would be critical in determining the next 3 years of our lives. It was a lot of pressure, and it didn’t help his nerves that the airline lost his bag. A quick ... read more