The Internet In Ethiopia

As many of you will now know, I am not able to maintain a blog through blogspot – because its banned. No idea why – answers on a postcard please (better make that letter) to: P.O. Box 1216, Gonder, Ethiopia. (Charles is posting these blogs which I am sending to him by email)

Hot news!!

I have just received a comment on my blog page. I can’t open the page but if a comment is posted it is emailed to me and I can get that.

Skype is also banned so no cosy tete a tetes with friends and family over the internet. I recently tried to send one photograph and it took 10 minutes. Each time I click, I wait from 1 – 5 minutes and sometimes endlessly. It is soo……… slow. The training I’ve received in preparation for this adventure has stressed patience – it’s needed in abundance.

I have kept a daily diary that is already the size of a small book so for this blog I will try to put some information under headings.