Archive for the ‘Africa’ Category

This makes me happy

Monday, February 4th, 2008

From the google.co.za page Google.co.za offered in: Afrikaans Sesotho IsiZulu IsiXhosa And as a random aside, being 10 hours ahead of my normal time zone really exacerbates my night-owl tendencies...

Driving notes…

Monday, February 4th, 2008

...from the last 24 hours in South Africa My mantra, repeated continuously whilst driving here: "Drive on the left, Drive on the left, Drive on the left" An important corollary to the above is "I'm sitting on the right" so that I override the muscle memory trying to gauge my ...

Cape Town

Monday, February 4th, 2008

Jetlagged or not, there's something pretty awesome about waking up in Cape Town... pleasantly warm, sunny skies, good coffee, and I'm just always happy to be in one of my favorite cities. Off to meetings and then either to take the cable car up to the top of Table Mountain ...

Central Africa earthquakes…

Monday, February 4th, 2008

Haven't seen full details yet but looks like a pair of earthquakes hit eastern DRC and western Rwanda overnight... as if they don't already have enough to deal with.

It’s a small world, part 372

Saturday, February 2nd, 2008

In the end, I made it onto the flight from Jo'burg to Cape Town tonight and that is a huge relief. I still have to navigate late night car rental at the airport (I think), find my hotel, and be lively for a 10 AM meeting after having slept very ...

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