When 6 people need to check your passport before you leave the airport you know you are back in Africa :) I came off the plane and felt that hot humidity that just takes your breath away and walked down towards immigration for everyone to view my passport. once through immigration it was time to wait for my bag... this bag is important, it holds not only my clothes but everything I need for my first aid training too. Ooooh my hotel has just had a power cut - it feels a bit creepy at the moment - ahhh here are the lights anyhow back to the story I walked down to the sea of Nigerians to get my bag and a gentleman asked me if I was one of the models for the fashion show! ... read more

Dear Richard Head the Manikin, :) I don't know quite how to tell you this, but our romance is over. I have found someone else. I think I first knew it when I saw your weird lung bags, then it just got worse with your strange plastic nose but it was when you started to freak my colleagues out when you were sitting on Mikes chair I knew you had to go. I'm sure you are man enough to see I would prefer a Resusitation Annie and what a bore you are, all the conversations, they were just one sided. I'm returning you in your box with your bag of parts. but I'm holding on to your photo, tshirt and cap as keepsakes and so I have something to dress Annie in. I want you to ... read more

Leaving Kampala Airport was the usual chaos of Africa, Going through pointless scanners where no one really checks you at all. There were three flights all taking off at roughly the same time, Heathrow, Paris and Amsterdam and no one really knew where to go and people were just standing everyone looking confused! I thought stuff this and winded my way through the formed queue and walked up to the British Airways desk and off my bag went. We went through to Immigration. Mike went through with no problems - me on the other hand I was finally seeing actual security in Africa's Airports - They thought my passport was fake! they ran their fingers over the picture, they held it up to the light and called a supervisor who finally let me through. Of all ... read more

My East Africa tour has come to an end, I am still working tommorow I will be presenting my Manual Handling course tommorow for the first time, our flight back to the UK is actually at 00.45 saturday morning so officially tommorow night is my last night in Uganda but we will be checking out of the Sheraton tommorow morning and we are being taken out for dinner by the management team of Uganda ... its been great, I have learnt lots about Africa, I have met lots of lovely people, and I have seen the most bizzare things including todays motorbike ride of a family of 5 all on the motorbike which is fairly the norm here but with a chicken tied to the back - now thats different! people crushed into buses or Matato's ... read more

I dont have too much to say today, the weekend is over and I am back to work - getting ready to meet the new trainees and have met the lovely HR Manager Caroline and the Managing Director of the Uganda Branch, Vincent who is so enthusiastic about health and safety it is such a breath of fresh air :) lots of pineapple today yum I am so getting used to all this fruit and am very thankful that my desk is so close to the bathroom. Sad news today, a suicide bombing in Moscow's Domodedovo airport, 35 people have died. my thoughts go out to their families. have a lovely evening Lisa... read more