We've had our first good nights sleep in a week and are full of good breakfast! Yum! Today we sort of have a day off, well the Africa Goal team do! They have to drop some materials off to a partner they worked with for the screening yesterday and then they have to meet more materials off a bus that are being delivered from Nairobi. Somehow they have to find space for all these new boxes in their already crammed cars and trailers and then we start the long drive to Morogoro which is about 800km from where we are now! Not sure how far we will get this afternoon or how bad the roads will be but I hopefully we'll get fair bit done and find somewhere relatively clean and flea free to stay for the night, unless we camp.
We have met some real characters the last week, including lots of naughty children that swarm you asking for you to take photo's of them and show them. We've also seen the sad stuff, the effect of drinking, some of the male attitude towards HIV and AIDS and the poverty. But smiling faces have been prolific which is great and they seem to really love watching the football matches, regardless of who wins there is always so much excitement.
So i shall try my best to find internet asap but its unlikely to be for a few days! Keep your comments coming and follow the Africa Goal Blog which you can find on www.africagoal.com They have a fancy internet connection gadget meaning they can update way more often than us!
Hi Tamara and co.
ReplyDeleteWell Jonny looks very settled in from the pics and I can see how he must be lovin it... Your camera man looks like a nice sort too! you seem to have done so much already and also so much travelling. Its not easy typing this with one hand and holding hester at the same time! especially the exclamation marks !!! Quite funny here in the UK as the BBC have had about 900 complaints on the vuvuzelas, so they have found the frequency and reduced it in the live mix from the matches! how bonkers is that. Cant wait to see what they all make of the England Algeria game, but as you say, they all just love football itself, which is a novel way of looking at it. So far, I think North Korea could be the shock wicked team as they kept Brazil quiet last night. Do you still want me to explain the offside rule to you or is it a bit late !? Bridget is quite cheeky and likes to sod about with both of us - still very sweet though. Mary has her OU exam tomorrow and has sharpened her pencils and got her lucky troll in pencil case ( probably written some key dates on her hand in biro too) so that will be a relief when she finishes at last. Ill keep you up to date with all other stuff, but all is fine here - nice and sunny etc.
LOL Daniel etc xx
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