Building site

The first buildings to go up will be an accommodation block for the supertecture group. The young architects have designed a group of old containers to sit on a prime location by the lakeside. InRead more
The first buildings to go up will be an accommodation block for the supertecture group. The young architects have designed a group of old containers to sit on a prime location by the lakeside. InRead more
A 2016 study reported in the "Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences" discovered that fish stocks are inversely proportional to water temperature. So as the water in the lake has been gettingRead more
On scales of one to ten what would you do? I make no bones about it people have to eat....
The buildings on this site of St Bernard's House, for it is not yet an Abbey or Priory, were erected by donation in the late 80s and have been decaying since then. The mattress, for example, cracklesRead more
The smoke blackened room used as a kitchen is so uninviting that food is prepared on open fires outside.
Susanna is seen here boiling beans whilst Anastasia is butchering some fish on the old bedRead more
Can't help but agree with the Germans that some fruit and veg would help the burnt fish to go down....
Since my host has spent the last 4 weeks away from the site I have not progressed far in helping sort out the project management, so I hitched a ride with the Abbot back to the main monastery so makeRead more
A fascinating resume of the problems and frustrations you've encountered in Africa....
On the way back to the airport at Mbeya I Stopped at Sumbawanga, where Mvimba have a house and the secondary school, (see photos from 20th Jan). This time in true cargo cult style, the brothersRead more
What you lookin at? Never seen cattle cicatrization before? Man, tats and brands are sooo 20thC they are mooseum pieces.
Well, after my relaxing morning I discovered that Bro Gasper was not there, but another bus ride away in Kipili. I also found that Bro Clement was in fact the headmaster of a school of 700, includingRead more
Then on to the very local bus with a couple of young chicks for the hour long journey to Kipili. Well thats how long the first guy said it would take. The second said 2 hours and Bro Gasper texted meRead more
Such an adventure Roland. Keep having fun. Beautiful locals and landscapes.
From being under the high point of Africa, Mt Kilimanjaro, I am now at Kipili beside the low point. The Great Rift Valley here is submerged by Lake Tanganyika, (named from Tanganika, "the great lakeRead more
Spekeing for myself this is a lovely pic and I hope you don't go for a Burton while paddling in the lake. Meanwhile you might like to study this - https://creation.com/refuting-evolution-2-chapter-4-argument-natural-selection-leads-to-speciation
The press are quick to spot a good line and render it more immediately resonant to local audiences. So it is with Henry Morton Stanley's famous quote of which Dr. Livingstone was the recipient.
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Mbekwi trust you to take a Stanley knife to this well-known example of journalistic license....
You might also know this place by the following names:
Rukwa Region, Rukwa, Mkoa wa Rukwa
i prefer the traditional
At least the lakeside view is lovely....
A distressed shipping container - very now....C