The perils of life in Africa: Spiders and policemen

Hello folks. Been a while since I've 'done the blog', so I think it's probably my turn!

I have spent the most of this week in Dar (Es Salaam) visiting the office there. It has been an opportunity to put in place some new systems, and to try and tidy up a few loose ends. Amazingly, I think I got done just about everything I wanted to. I also got to 'ride up front' on the flight back, which was fun!

In other news...

I had a rather unfortunate brush with a spiderish type beasty on Monday. I'm not sure whether it was a spider or not, but it had lots of legs! It was about two inches long, and got inside my T-shirt. Those of you who know how much I like spiders will be able to imagine how much I enjoyed the experience. It was sufficiently juicy that when I took it outside and put it out of it's misery, I got splatted all over my trousers. I did take a photo, but it didn't come out very well.

(Here it is anyway:)








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Libby had an unfortunate brush with a policeman yesterday, which has left her a bit shook up. She was parked at the side of the road, and was accused of 'driving on the wrong side'. The guy said he would have to fine her. She understood, and said so, but he just repeated himself about 5 times. In the end, as she wouldn't suggest how much would be an appropriate 'fine', he told her not to do it again, and let her go. 'Law and order' is kind of a different concept here!

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