This blog was used to talk about our Ethiopia experience, now we live in Mexico city and talk about that instead
The reason I am in Ethiopia is to help the development of the country in whatever small way I can. I thought it was about time I described my job and what I am doing here, I doubt anyone really knows anything about what I do since up until very recently I didn’t either. Plus [...]
As some of you may know I try to hold and live by Buddhist principles. Admittedly I am not that good at some of them, although I get a few right. I don’t eat meat or kill animals for any reason, I meditate most days and do my best to act thoughtfully but I still [...]
Well, we have been here in Ethiopia for coming up to 5 weeks now and I thought it was about time I write a blog post ……………………………………….actually Brendan just keeps pestering me!
Settling in: We have settled into Harar now and just about getting used to the pace of life and work here…..very slow! Our house [...]
I still have not caught up with myself so I apologise once again for posting late.
One of the first things that strike you is how poor the people here are. You see Ethiopia on the news frequently showing starving people and crop failure but seeing crowds of homeless malnutritioned people is hard to deal [...]
I wrote this post over a week ago, but with no internet and then no website it was kind of difficult to publish. Pretend that the date reads a week earlier. I will post this weeks update tomorrow.
I do intend to do more with this blog than write a diary of events; however the last [...]
Sprouts42.com has been down for a week because stupid here cancelled the direct debit paying for it just before he left. On top of that the domain had expired and all the polite warnings were being dumped into the trash. Everything is up and running now and hopefully will remain that way. Trying to sort [...]