Blogs from Africa - page 2722

Hello loyal fans! THis one, it wont be serious. Or long. So yesterday (Wednesday) I killed a goat. On purpose. Yup, I have blood on my hands (or did, until I washed very thouroughly). On Monday Papa Jean bought the goat and brought it back to the property, where it was immediately deemed by all the worker's as "too small". So on Tuesday Papa Jean went to take it back and get a bigger one. Failing at that, he brought the original one back and told all complainers to suck it up. Seeing as how the goat had managed to survive our scrutinies, I decided to name it, and chose "Betty". On Wednesday morning Betty got the chop. No worries, animal lovers, it was a sharp knife. We (Gad, Eric and I) then hung Betty from ... read more

Something had changed back in Cape Town. The winter had arrived and with the winter there was a change in mentality. The hordes of German tourists had left the city and Long Street - that busy, loud waterhole for the Bazbuz crowd had calmed down to a pleasant evening stir at weekends only. The strollers (as the begging street kids call themselves) were busy storing glue underneath the man-hole covers, and the homeless added extra sheets of cardboard paper to their beds. Truly there was winter in the Mother City and it affected all its inhabitants, but the chilly nights hit the weak and marginalized, the hardest. Thick fog would cover the Cape Flats in the mornings and foghorns from the harbour would add a pleasant base to the sound of police sirens and the calls ... read more

Today was the half-way point of the road trip of the year... Mega Bike Week 3.0. About 8 of my closest friends, and some random tag-alongs from Victoria are in the middle of tearing up the trails along the West Coast. I was supposed to be there too.... sometimes things don't work out like you think they will. I never thought I'd be in Sudan instead. Missing the annual trip is like missing Christmas... it just isn't done. So to Yoda, Kamikaze, AGirl, Mountain Man, Triple B, Pic, and the whole gang.... kill it one time for me. I'm thinking of you all. The trip started in based out of Squamish, with stops in Whistler, heli-biking in Pemberton/Whistler, Squamish, the North Shore, and Mt Vedder... have fun! Ride safe... okay who am I kidding? Mountain ... read more

We arrived at Lake Bunyoni (near Kabale) on tuesday afternoon and set up our tents. We then proceeded to have a big party, as often seems to happen when we arrive at a new campsite - I guess we always need to test the bar out! Most of the group had to get up the next day to move on to Rwanda to trek the gorillas, but as I (and one other from my truck) had decided not to, we spent the day relaxing at the campsite, and getting to know the other people there. The restuarant/bar here is quite amazingly slow! We ordered our food last night and it took 2 hours to arrive! And I even had to wait an hour for toast this morning! But, as everyone seems to say - TIA (this ... read more

Enda Supa! (Hello to everyone!) YEAH! I have figured out how to get the photos on the web. In this blog I've only downloaded a few, though. It seems to take quite a while... So, what I've done is put them on my photo website at www.lifeofbrooke.shutterfly.com and will put them on here when I get a little more time. I hope that you get a chance to check them out. The people here are so beautiful and there are some really cool photos of the kids we get to hang out with... they are so funny. The bed got dropped off yesterday after a long, bumpy and dusty ride back into Saikeri. When I got out of the truck Al walked up and began laughing at how dirty I was. I couldn't see my ... read more