Sunday, November 06, 2005

More mvula

Well, I say!

I've been rather busy entertaining my good friend M over the last few days. He's been up in Hargeisa in northern Somalia, and it was excellent to catch up on news from that part of the world. There is an abundant trade in sheep, cattle and camels from that part of the world to Saudi, and its very important that the animals are in good condition before they are shipped out.

Things have settled down considerably up there, in the north at least, with a lot of current investment by the UK in the infrastructure, and they are making considerable progress. Its still tricky further south.

M was based in Nairobi, and on the way home to Blighty called in hereabouts where he had some other business. What a globe-trotter!














On another matter, here is a picture of the back garden. It was taken before we properly prepared the wicket.














And here is a picture of the staff quarters. They are situated outside the long on boundary, so to speak.

There has been a little more rain, with more forecast. The is a very worrying time for the villagers - should they sow their precious seeds, and if the rains cease, they will lose their crop - or should they wait a bit longer, and perhaps delay too long?

MM III

3 Comments:

Blogger Hotboy said...

Mingin! The staff quarters are quite good looking. How many live there? It's a better, bigger hut than mine! Hotboy

7:09 AM  
Blogger zomba said...

Dear Hotboy,

The quarters extend into those shadows. There are essentially three quarters. For security reasons, I cannot give full details of who lives where, but they are occupied by more people than you would probably expect. I forbid sub-letting.

Why do you not post a picture of your own hut?

MM III

12:46 PM  
Blogger Hotboy said...

Mingin! I would post a photie of my hut, but I canny work the buttons! Hotboy

3:31 AM  

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