Still a bit hard to believe, isn’t it? The year being 2010 I mean. Hope you enjoyed your New Year’s celebrations. For us, it was the dinner buffet and dance at the Muscat Intercon Hotel. Great food – awful music! It did begin to improve once the hour of midnight struck, but by then we …
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Jan 27
Shamba
The blog is long overdue for an update. Where to begin… Well, one piece of news from 2008 is that Zawadi and I have purchased a shamba (piece of farmland) in Tanzania. It’s down Kigamboni way, in an area called Kisarawe. Depending on the delay at the ferry, it’s only about 20 minutes or so …
Aug 07
July 2008 Travels
Have been enjoying travelling again during July. Too many hours sitting in aeroplanes though! Muscat to Bangkok, down to Krabi, back to Bangkok, west to Nairobi (9.5 hours…) then on to Dar es Salaam via Zanzibar. Cessna flights to Selous National Park and back to Dar. Then Dar to Nairobi via Kilimanjaro, east to Bangkok …
Jun 17
Is it “icy” in Iceland?
Too bloomin’ right it is! At least we were fortunate enough to experience Iceland in all its ‘winter beauty’ when we visited in February/March. Iceland is not nearly as freezing as the rest of Scandinavia is though (thinking back to Christmas in Finland a few years back!). It’s due to the warm ocean currents I …
Sep 24
A baby girl!
Welcome to the world Malaika! Zawadi and I are proud to announce the arrival of Malaika Imani Linda Kakoschke. Born on 21/9, weighing an impressive 4.5 kgs (9.9lbs)! And by cripes she is a strong little girl! This picture was taken on the day she was born. Such long, dark hair and chubby cheeks! What …
Sep 13
Amazing Thailand!
We had very enjoyable 2 week long family get-together and holiday in Thailand back in July. Amani and I flew to Bangkok on Qatar Airways. Zawadi, being almost 7 months pregnant at the time, was not in the mood for flying. She thought I was pretty brave travelling solo with an 18 month old child, …
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