At six o’clock in the morning, Sir and I are sound asleep in our rough-hewn king-sized bed, completely covered by a canopy of mosquito netting. Cock-a-doodle-dooooooooooooooooo! What. Was. That?! Sir goes to investigate, and tied to the back of the kitchen door there is a wiry bird. He climbs back into bed. “It’s our lunch,” he says wryly. Sure enough, when… Read More

This is the first part of a mini series of blog posts on our time spent in Africa with a look at various aspects of the basic necessities. I had originally planned it as one post, but it turned out to be a lot longer than expected (and a lot easier to digest in smaller increments). You would expect Hargeisa,… Read More