Dubai in a nutshell! or Credit card Hell!
Using a credit- or debit- card in Dubai is a natural thing. As with most other developed countries this is…
Once I climbed Mount Makilala, Mindanao
I am sure very few people have a clue about were on earth this mountain is. It’s not like it…
Been there, done that!
That was the print on a T-shirt I bought in Rarotonga, South Cook islands in 1989. I had just been…
Flying to Africa with 10 dollars in the pockets
As usual I had not been planning our holiday in time. Well we knew we were going down to Kampala…
A few seconds from horror
The following was published in the news after Valentines day in Uganda a few years back. “Between 1997 and 2001,…
My dear cat Sussie remembered
Yesterday my dear cat Sussie died. She was the most affectionate cat you could find. I already had a cat…
Once I climbed a mountain with the karamojong
I was on my way back from a mission in northeastern Uganda. All the radio installations were succesful and the…
852,231,021 the number is … not 852 Million!
At work I am quite often requested to hold presentations or press conferences with dignitaries of various sorts. Since WFP…
Lionel teach me how to bargain
We had been given the task of repairing and installing a big antenna given to us by the US Embassy…