Blogs from Congo Democratic Republic, Africa - page 9

Right on It's my 3 week anniversary! Are you excited for me? 3 weeks in the DRC(some might automatically change the C to a G) ... amazing! I think I'm getting used to things ... traffic cops and their many names ("the yellow fever" or "angry bees") and their many tactics to try and get your money, the roads and their insane potholes, always having a wad of cash broken into several smaller wads stashed in several different pockets, eating my new favorite dish ... cabbage and rice ... every meal(not complaining though... it makes ground beef taste way too good), being called "muzungu" everytime we hit the streets ... the list goes on (what what what what..) And I've become so fond of it all. I've really started to enjoy talking to the Yellow Fever(traffic ... read more

I broke a promise. Well, the lawyer that still lives somewhere deep inside me (despite my best endeavours to the contrary) would rather say that, actually, I have refined my approach to this particular promise and, while, yes, I did break the existing promise as then phrased, I can now re-cast it more intelligently. Semantics. Sorry, Mum. I walked across the border into the Democratic Republic of the Congo yesterday to stay overnight in the provincial capital of Goma. My promise had been that I would not travel to any country or any part of any country in respect of which the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office at that time advised against either all travel or “all but essential travel”. On a practical level, if the FCO has issued this kind of warning, it invalidates my ... read more

I stand corrected. Told ya I'm only human. Thanks Cath. Friends and family you need to check out this website by my nephew and Godson Dan Baxter. Kreepy dolls are some of the most creative, wonderful and weird stuff you will ever see. I highly recommend as a gift to children of all ages. He's won awards at the Three Rivers Arts Festival and has shown in galleries in New York. His studio is in Brooklyn. He will soon have plenty of new fabric...from AFRICA! ............................................................................................................. OK, so today's encouraging promise has again been dashed by the promise again of tomorrow (kesho in Swahili). The passport office says the passport have arrived, but they will not be here until 11 PM. (?) There has got to be something lost in translation, but the bottom line is ... read more

Hello all. I am well...very hot and sticky today. Temps in the nineties with zero humidity. Still sweating the duust here in Congo is remarkable. I saw Hilary Clinton on CNN this morning. She was quite miffed at the mistranslation. This is a typical thing here. He instaed of she his not hers him not her. Patience is a virtue. I have been experiencing these translation miscues for six weeks now. Conversations in the darkness. Have read all comments and suggestions. Thank you all. Keep em coming. Gang at Caremark...I LOVE YOU. Thanks for checking in on me. I am really sory about the dearth of photos but youshould se this keyboard. I am at the University of Lubumbashi. It is quite hot in this room. But I have the window seat. HA. I wait still ... read more

Hello friends and family. There still to date has been NO PASSPORT ISSUED. Rachel please stop telling people a passport has been issued. I forgive you. Pastor Maloba says Pastor Zilly says the docs have been sent from Kamina. HALLELUJAH. Seeing is believing. I have read all blog entries comments and such. Thank you all. However no email. Stephanie Moore I was just thinking about you and the straight and narrow sermon you gave. I pray you and family are well. Everyone at CVS Caremark...keep em coming. I can not wait to GET BACK TO WORK. Never thought I would say that. But it is true. DEW...I miss you too. Hello LSUMC. You did not know my woman is an acrobat? So today I went to the pasport offfice to have a new PP attempted but ... read more