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Tales From Tanganyika: The Web
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A Diva Survives Africa. Monday, July 28, 2008. I'm afraid of many things and among these are dirty public toilets, camping and appearing at a dinner party in the same dress as someone else. In the natural world, I have to say snakes in particular and reptiles in general give me the creeps. Strangely enough, spiders have never really been the stuff of my nightmares - until now that is! Even people who keep spiders as pets would find the following photo, if not disturbing, at least a little creepy:. After ...
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Tales From Tanganyika: August 2008
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A Diva Survives Africa. Monday, August 11, 2008. I was stopped by a policeman at the corner of Haile Sellasie Road last week. I was hot and bothered because the air-conditioning in my car is behaving badly and refuses to drop below a certain temperature. Heat always puts me in an bad mood and I was dying to get home and cool off when I spied a policeman standing right in the centre of the road, waving at me to pull over. A bimbo and went round to the back of the car to try and pry open the boot himself&#...
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Tales From Tanganyika: May 2008
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A Diva Survives Africa. Tuesday, May 27, 2008. I'm back in Dar again! The trip to KL seems like a dream.a very good dream but still a dream! It's back to dusty roads, generator power and slow internet connections. There's also the sun, the sea and my friends of course- mustn't just focus on the bad side! The best part is, I'm reunited with The Engineer - 3 weeks was a long time to be away. Surprise, surprise both my hand luggage and my main luggage were pronounced too heavy and they insisted that I repac...
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Tales From Tanganyika: April 2008
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A Diva Survives Africa. Wednesday, April 30, 2008. Kuala Lumpur , here I come! I've been a bit silent of late because I've been running around like a headless chicken trying to get everything done before I go home to KL on Sunday. I still can't believe I'm actually going home for nearly 3 weeks! The last time I was back was in June 2007 - a trip back is long overdue. The only downer is that The Engineer will be unable to come along because of work. This might seem like a pretty straightforward exercise e...
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Tales From Tanganyika: September 2008
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A Diva Survives Africa. Thursday, September 04, 2008. I just checked and discovered that my last entry was on the 11th of last month! I've been AWOL for nearly a month now! I actually have some good reasons (at least I. 1 My sister in law, with whom I get on famously, came to town. We seemed to spend the entire time talking and doing not much else. During one marathon session which lasted from 7pm to 4 am, I lost my voice and ended up croaking for two days! 1 'Ghost' still provides great entertainment ev...
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Tales From Tanganyika: Green tea and spinach juice
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A Diva Survives Africa. Thursday, July 10, 2008. Green tea and spinach juice. Today is my writing day. This is the day that I sit down and write in a disciplined manner i.e I'm at the computer for hours at a time. no phone calls, no tv, no nothing. I know it sounds dangerously like some kind of prison sentence but believe it or not, I find uninterrupted writing time quite therapeutic. I suppose it's easy to be goody-goody when you know you can be bad again soon! Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Direct...
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Tales From Tanganyika: Zanzibar Secrets
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A Diva Survives Africa. Thursday, July 24, 2008. To me, one of the most dangerous places in Dar is not the area in town called Kariakoo (where pickpockets apparently wait to pounce on the unsuspecting) or the deep waters around the little islands off the coast (where sharks apparently wait to do the same). Noone of the most dangerous places in Dar sits innocently enough along Haile Selassie road and looks really innocuous. Once inside, there's no turning back. I've fallen prey, many a time and have now l...
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Tales From Tanganyika: The Dar Three
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A Diva Survives Africa. Monday, August 04, 2008. I grew up in Malaysia and back then ( I sound like a grandma! People were far more reticent about showing affection in public. Translation: you shook hands when you met your friends or you just waved and said hi.nobody and I mean nobody ever. Did the kiss on the cheek thing. 1 Totally freeze and look horrifically uncomfortable as they barely tolerated the kiss. 2 Pull away as the kiss-er tried to approach with pursed lips. Initial reluctance aside, these d...
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Tales From Tanganyika: July 2008
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A Diva Survives Africa. Monday, July 28, 2008. I'm afraid of many things and among these are dirty public toilets, camping and appearing at a dinner party in the same dress as someone else. In the natural world, I have to say snakes in particular and reptiles in general give me the creeps. Strangely enough, spiders have never really been the stuff of my nightmares - until now that is! Even people who keep spiders as pets would find the following photo, if not disturbing, at least a little creepy:. After ...