ANGIE PETERS'S BLOG
A week on the beach
Well I’ve been and come back.
On my first day back at work a colleague asked what I’d missed the most while I was away, and I couldn’t think of anything!!
After a couple of days I remembered that I had missed the sound of the flush when I used the loo. I was quite happy with the compost loos, I’m just conditioned into not leaving the bathroom without flushing.
Now that I’m back I miss the rooster crowing in the mornings, and the sound of the fishermen drumming on the side of the boat to scare …
Read More >>>One step closer!!
Just been to collect my Visa.
I’m getting really excited now – 4 weeks on Friday, and I have passport, visa and yellow fever certificate!
I’ll be really concentrating on the packing now….toilet roll, germolene, plasters…. Oh, and clothes!
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Read More >>>Final preparations for Salone
Tags: Tribe / Dream Foundation5 weeks to go!
I’m expecting my Visa any day now (can’t think of any reason it might be refused, anyway).
I’ve done my first practice-pack. Sadly the promised loan of a big rucksack still hasn’t come through, so I’ve stuffed my medium sized one to bursting, and …
Read More >>>Travel Jabs
I’ve started my jabs – had sore arms for the weekend, but I guess it’s worth it. The nurse scared me into getting the rabies shot coz I don’t want to have to try hard to avoid the pups.
I’m holding out on Cholera and Meningitis though, if there’s …
Read More >>>It's real!
I have my letter of invitation and a promise that I’ll be met at the airport. It’s still a long way off, but preparations are almost complete.
I need to book in for my vaccinations in October, but my flights and insurance are sorted. And I’ve got my tent.
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Done it!
Flights are booked!
I can hardly believe I’ve just gone and done it!
Now the real preparation starts.
How many vaccinations do I need??? The list is as long as my arm. (Which is not looking forward to being introduced to the needles, I can tell you).
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Read More >>>Long Way Gone
Just finished reading Ishmael Beah’s account of trying to escape the war in Sierra Leone.
The child soldiers appear to have been turned into little more than bloodthirsty savages, but Ishmael has come through the experience and now works to try to prevent similar atrocities anywhere in the world.
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John Obey Time!
I’ve done it! I’m now a fully paid up tribe member.
I’m going on an inspection tour in February – hope they’ve got a few huts built by then, else I’ll have to get a tent!
I expect my puny DIY skills will be put to the test …
Read More >>>Sierra Leone!
Tags: GuestsA week into my free membership and Tribewanted2 is here!
You can’t fly halfway around the world and only stay for a week, that doesn’t make sense on several levels. Fiji seemed an impossible dream.
Africa however…..
I get a week’s more holiday than my other half …
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