Welcome Loving_giants! Another lost traveller is stopping by for a little rest and recouperation from life's mediocrity. I hope you enjoy your stay.
I have visited a local hostelry and have partaken in a few little sociable swifties...so the world is grand at the moment...god help my colleagues tomorrow!
See you along the long, long road!
Thursday, 29 July 2010
YAAAAAAWWWNNN..is it time to get up yet?
I slept like death last night. I doubt if an earthquake could have roused me. A full 7 hours kip!
That is the first whole night's Kip I've had since I left home a week ago. I fell a bit dopey but much better for a decent night's kip :).
Hello and welcome to Melly.M; the newest follower to Inso's World. I hope you realise this is mostly a blog about war-game miniatures and not just some wayward traveller babbling on about Africa! Although...at the moment it IS a blog about a wayward traveller babbling on about Africa!
Welcome aboard Melly.M!
I have sorted my laundry, bagged it up and it is now in the hands of the locals...I hope I get it all back in one piece. I have had a cooked breakfast, abluted (such a wonderful word for washing and going to the loo!) and have written a little bit of text for the welfare e-mail that goes to all of the service families at home. I will be off to work at lunch time with a return time of...UNKNOWN...flexibility is the key to airpower, after all.
Once everyone is together here, we will finally get to start the proper shift patterns and then I can get some sort of normality going with all the lads. Hopefully, it shouldn't be too long.
I think I saw an Acouti last night. If not, it was a bleeping big Weasle!
See you through sleep filled eyes!
That is the first whole night's Kip I've had since I left home a week ago. I fell a bit dopey but much better for a decent night's kip :).
Hello and welcome to Melly.M; the newest follower to Inso's World. I hope you realise this is mostly a blog about war-game miniatures and not just some wayward traveller babbling on about Africa! Although...at the moment it IS a blog about a wayward traveller babbling on about Africa!
Welcome aboard Melly.M!
I have sorted my laundry, bagged it up and it is now in the hands of the locals...I hope I get it all back in one piece. I have had a cooked breakfast, abluted (such a wonderful word for washing and going to the loo!) and have written a little bit of text for the welfare e-mail that goes to all of the service families at home. I will be off to work at lunch time with a return time of...UNKNOWN...flexibility is the key to airpower, after all.
Once everyone is together here, we will finally get to start the proper shift patterns and then I can get some sort of normality going with all the lads. Hopefully, it shouldn't be too long.
I think I saw an Acouti last night. If not, it was a bleeping big Weasle!
See you through sleep filled eyes!
Wednesday, 28 July 2010
What...was...that!?!?
At work, this evening, I saw the biggest wasp I have ever seen. It must have been an inch and a half long and almost a quarter of an inch wide in the body department. It was black and greasy looking and I left the room and let everyone else deal with it! I call it being sensible...not cowardice at all.
A rabbit ran across the airfield today. It may not sound too unusual but it is a little bit of familiar territory in a place that has lots of stuff I've never seen at home.
I have learnt a couple of Swahili words: Mbari (hello) and Asanti (thank you)...there is also JAMBO! which is another greeting that is used a lot out here.
The world is a mysterious place and around every corner there is always something new to surprise you.
See you from the top of a safety-raiser!
A rabbit ran across the airfield today. It may not sound too unusual but it is a little bit of familiar territory in a place that has lots of stuff I've never seen at home.
I have learnt a couple of Swahili words: Mbari (hello) and Asanti (thank you)...there is also JAMBO! which is another greeting that is used a lot out here.
The world is a mysterious place and around every corner there is always something new to surprise you.
See you from the top of a safety-raiser!
Sunday, 25 July 2010
I nearly missed it.
Yes, it is Sunday and on Kenya time it is 23:40hrs...so it nearly ISN'T Sunday!
I have visited my work place and have been busy sorting things out today. We will be getting some helicopters tomorrow so the work will start in earnest...that means I can finally get my teeth into something substantial. Because we have been doing menial stuff, I have been a bit bored so I haven't slept a full night yet...in fact, I haven't slept for more than about 10 hours since I left home on Wednesday.
I got to see a really iridescent blue Starling today. It literally looked like royal blue sapphires were covering its body. I also saw a big, black and white, butterfly that was about 10CM wingspan so it was an unusual sight.
I have started writing a short story about a Grymn soldier who is travelling across space as a terra-former...once I have a finished product, I'll post it over at the Grymn Blog (it isn't even nearly finished yet)...you see? I haven't forgotten them.
I am currently in a tired but relatively happy state. The conditions I was expecting have proven to be a lot lower standard than I have found...so it could have (and has) been a lot worse.
The Geckos in the loft, whistle to me at night times though...
All is well in Inso's World tonight (I have been chatting to my wife and all seems well at home) it is, after all, good to talk.
See you from a Monkey's point of aim!
I have visited my work place and have been busy sorting things out today. We will be getting some helicopters tomorrow so the work will start in earnest...that means I can finally get my teeth into something substantial. Because we have been doing menial stuff, I have been a bit bored so I haven't slept a full night yet...in fact, I haven't slept for more than about 10 hours since I left home on Wednesday.
I got to see a really iridescent blue Starling today. It literally looked like royal blue sapphires were covering its body. I also saw a big, black and white, butterfly that was about 10CM wingspan so it was an unusual sight.
I have started writing a short story about a Grymn soldier who is travelling across space as a terra-former...once I have a finished product, I'll post it over at the Grymn Blog (it isn't even nearly finished yet)...you see? I haven't forgotten them.
I am currently in a tired but relatively happy state. The conditions I was expecting have proven to be a lot lower standard than I have found...so it could have (and has) been a lot worse.
The Geckos in the loft, whistle to me at night times though...
All is well in Inso's World tonight (I have been chatting to my wife and all seems well at home) it is, after all, good to talk.
See you from a Monkey's point of aim!
Saturday, 24 July 2010
Welcome to Africa!
I have finally arrived in Kenya. I started travelling at 23-00hrs on 21st Jul and arrived at my final destination at 12-05hrs on 24th Jul (14-05 local time).
It has been an interesting mix of coach and air travel ranging from a 9 hour coach trip to Edinburgh, followed by a LONG WAIT (chartered aircraft went U/S so we had to wait for a replacement), a 9 hour flight, a 3 hour coach trip through Nairobi to a holding area (where we stayed overnight) and then further coach travel for another 5 hours...FINALLY I am here and sitting in my mosquito net typing up this post...after buying the dongle, top up cards etc...
...I have had about 7 hours sleep over the journey so I am extremely tired but I reckon I'll sleep well tonight!
I have seen my first wild giraffes, storks and even a kite of some description...not to mention the geckos that frequent the buildings. It's all good stuff (now that I am here).
This is a first time for me in Kenya and there is a strong difference between the have's and the have not's...I'll write about that sort of thing in another post.
So that is it...desert bogeys and nosebleeds, cut fingers (taking down a mosquito net of all things) and a strong need for a lot of sleep!
See you through the dust and the mud and the rain...yes...it is hoofing it down outside!
It has been an interesting mix of coach and air travel ranging from a 9 hour coach trip to Edinburgh, followed by a LONG WAIT (chartered aircraft went U/S so we had to wait for a replacement), a 9 hour flight, a 3 hour coach trip through Nairobi to a holding area (where we stayed overnight) and then further coach travel for another 5 hours...FINALLY I am here and sitting in my mosquito net typing up this post...after buying the dongle, top up cards etc...
...I have had about 7 hours sleep over the journey so I am extremely tired but I reckon I'll sleep well tonight!
I have seen my first wild giraffes, storks and even a kite of some description...not to mention the geckos that frequent the buildings. It's all good stuff (now that I am here).
This is a first time for me in Kenya and there is a strong difference between the have's and the have not's...I'll write about that sort of thing in another post.
So that is it...desert bogeys and nosebleeds, cut fingers (taking down a mosquito net of all things) and a strong need for a lot of sleep!
See you through the dust and the mud and the rain...yes...it is hoofing it down outside!
Tuesday, 20 July 2010
The adventure begins...
Well, it has come to the last post before I disappear to Kenya for a month or two. I will still be about over the next couple of days but I am in the process of packing and sorting out things for when I go...so I will be too busy for too much WWW surfing.
I have a wallet full of funny-money, a mobile phone ready for a foreign sim card, a laptop ready for a foreign 'dongle', lots of stuff jammed in various bags and plenty of bug repellent!
I'll be taking a digital camera with me so there should be some interesting pics turn up at some point...assuming I get connected OK.
I won't be taking any hobby stuff (due to the living conditions) but should be able to spend some time putting some words down for some short stories while I'm away...so keep an eye out over on the Grymn blog for some new material.
I am a little apprehensive about the trip because I have never been to Africa and have not lived so closely with a third world population (where we are staying has a lot of poverty) so I have a lot to learn...but I'm just keen to get on with things now because I am getting really fidgety!
So I'll bid you farewell for now and I hope to have something to add once I get settled.
See you across the plains!
I have a wallet full of funny-money, a mobile phone ready for a foreign sim card, a laptop ready for a foreign 'dongle', lots of stuff jammed in various bags and plenty of bug repellent!
I'll be taking a digital camera with me so there should be some interesting pics turn up at some point...assuming I get connected OK.
I won't be taking any hobby stuff (due to the living conditions) but should be able to spend some time putting some words down for some short stories while I'm away...so keep an eye out over on the Grymn blog for some new material.
I am a little apprehensive about the trip because I have never been to Africa and have not lived so closely with a third world population (where we are staying has a lot of poverty) so I have a lot to learn...but I'm just keen to get on with things now because I am getting really fidgety!
So I'll bid you farewell for now and I hope to have something to add once I get settled.
See you across the plains!
Sunday, 18 July 2010
Sunday again...
Well, I guess it is Sunday again. That means that my holiday finishes today and also that it is update time again.
I have had a very slow week this week and have had great ideas about all the achievements I would accomplish but have managed to achieve none of them. Instead, I have piled everything up and saved them for the panic at the last minute.
I don't like the anti-malaria drugs I'm on. They are messing up my sleep and my mood. I hope they level out a bit otherwise I'll have to get them swapped...another thing on the long list...
So, I went shopping yesterday and visited a model/collector's shop that I have passed many times and never visited. It was a little treasure trove! There was all sorts of stuff in there but nothing that was really useful to me. The owner was extremely helpful and keen to show me what he had in stock and as a result, I ended up leaving with something I didn't really want...but I guess I'll just view that as helping out a fellow traveller rather than being a soft-touch...
On to more positive things...here is the painted Erik:
Click the Pic!
I have had a very slow week this week and have had great ideas about all the achievements I would accomplish but have managed to achieve none of them. Instead, I have piled everything up and saved them for the panic at the last minute.
I don't like the anti-malaria drugs I'm on. They are messing up my sleep and my mood. I hope they level out a bit otherwise I'll have to get them swapped...another thing on the long list...
So, I went shopping yesterday and visited a model/collector's shop that I have passed many times and never visited. It was a little treasure trove! There was all sorts of stuff in there but nothing that was really useful to me. The owner was extremely helpful and keen to show me what he had in stock and as a result, I ended up leaving with something I didn't really want...but I guess I'll just view that as helping out a fellow traveller rather than being a soft-touch...
On to more positive things...here is the painted Erik:
Click the Pic!
It isn't my best sculpt but I think it will work as a Commander of the Grymn forces (whichever ones I happen to have at hand).
What has this sculpt highlighted? I need to practice hands, drapery and pose a bit more...no...a lot more. I still maintain that for a couple of hours work, it will, as they say, 'do a trip'.
I guess this will be the last Sunday update until I get settled in Africa. I can safely say that there will be a reduction in pictures and there will be no hobby related progress from me because the living conditions where I am going, don't provide me with a good work area so I won't be taking any hobby stuff with me.
I will have a laptop with me so I SHOULD be able to get on line but until I get there, I can't say one way or the other.
That is about it really...
I hope things will be back to normal in a couple of months! so I'll see you all then :).
See you from the belly of the beast!
What has this sculpt highlighted? I need to practice hands, drapery and pose a bit more...no...a lot more. I still maintain that for a couple of hours work, it will, as they say, 'do a trip'.
I guess this will be the last Sunday update until I get settled in Africa. I can safely say that there will be a reduction in pictures and there will be no hobby related progress from me because the living conditions where I am going, don't provide me with a good work area so I won't be taking any hobby stuff with me.
I will have a laptop with me so I SHOULD be able to get on line but until I get there, I can't say one way or the other.
That is about it really...
I hope things will be back to normal in a couple of months! so I'll see you all then :).
See you from the belly of the beast!
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