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Forum: Africa
Oct 20th 2012, 9:31 pm
Replies: 4
Views: 2,213
Posted By JR230898

Re: Nairobi

Westgate, Village Market...join the Hash.
Forum: The Barbie
Sep 17th 2012, 5:08 pm
Replies: 29
Views: 2,608
Posted By JR230898

Re: You know your kids are growing up when...

your daughter makes that phone call to tell you that you are going to become a Grandpa next year......!!
Forum: Australia
Jul 10th 2012, 5:26 pm
Replies: 6,964
Views: 591,883
Posted By JR230898

Re: What's the Temperature & Weather like where you are now?

Another beautiful day today, had some rain the night before, in Pemba, Cabo Delgado Province, Mozambique.:D
Forum: The Barbie
Jan 28th 2012, 10:50 am
Replies: 202
Views: 20,018
Posted By JR230898

Re: Is Australia Overrated?

AND.....exactly what sought of excitement were you expecting to find in the Outback? It is, what it is.....:zzz:
Forum: The Barbie
Jan 13th 2012, 6:47 am
Replies: 35
Views: 2,573
Posted By JR230898

Re: The view from the office

Do? Mmmm...stuff.

09-10 I was the US Dept of State Somali Peacekeeping Program Deputy Program Manager and with my team providing the total support to AMISOM (African Union Mission Somalia),...
Forum: The Barbie
Jan 13th 2012, 2:52 am
Replies: 35
Views: 2,573
Posted By JR230898

Re: The view from the office

One of the Casspirs in a convoy. Part of the Casspir/Mamba/Buffel fleet supporting AMISOM here in Mogadishu.
Forum: The Barbie
Jan 12th 2012, 4:37 pm
Replies: 35
Views: 2,573
Posted By JR230898

Re: The view from the office

This is from my mobile office.

Looking out the office window:

http://i926.photobucket.com/albums/ad107/jr230898/Somalia/DSC02988.jpg

The window:
...
Forum: Australia
Dec 31st 2011, 2:20 pm
Replies: 30
Views: 14,319
Posted By JR230898

Re: The Melbourne Curry Conundrum!

Thanks for this. How long has the Elephant Corridor been open?

Will try it out when I get back home in Feb 12.

Some great curry places over here in East Africa but, they really know how to...
Forum: The Barbie
Dec 31st 2011, 2:01 pm
Replies: 85
Views: 4,610
Posted By JR230898

Re: What are you most looking forward to in 2012?

Getting home to Melbourne in February.

Three Christmases in a row, working in Mogadishu, is enough for anyone.
Forum: Australia
Dec 29th 2011, 1:03 pm
Replies: 52
Views: 5,431
Posted By JR230898

Re: If you could recommend one place in Australia as a must see ...

Coomera Crevice in Lamington National Park, in fact....anywhere in Lamington, up behind the Gold Coast. Take your time and go for a long slow walk.
Forum: Australia
Dec 28th 2011, 4:33 pm
Replies: 39
Views: 4,459
Posted By JR230898

Thumbs up Re: Australian military 'to recruit British troops laid-off in UK cuts'

Hi Mandy, can sympathise with that as an experience. Migrated my wife and 3 x kids in from Mozambique (I'd been there for 2000-1 in uniform, clearing landmines). Then, I had to be posted to Timor,...
Forum: The Barbie
Nov 25th 2011, 7:20 pm
Replies: 71
Views: 7,985
Posted By JR230898

Re: Making realtionships work between 2 people from different countries

Yes...me and my 'Love & Kisses' are both from very different continents and cultures. We met when she walked through my apartment door in Maputo, Mozambique in July 2000. She accompanied her friend...
Forum: Australia
Nov 20th 2011, 8:37 am
Replies: 305
Views: 72,050
Posted By JR230898

Re: What Is 'Cheap' In Australia Compared To The UK?

Sunshine.
Forum: Africa
Oct 19th 2011, 7:26 pm
Replies: 7
Views: 16,457
Posted By JR230898

Re: Working in Sierra Leone

You say it is poor Daniel?...Mmmm....would that have anything to do with all the tax avoiders?
Forum: Australia
Oct 13th 2011, 2:22 pm
Replies: 6,964
Views: 591,883
Posted By JR230898

Re: What's the Temperature & Weather like where you are now?

A lovely day of weather here in Mogadishu today, a dose of heavy rain pre-dawn that helps keep the dust down. The wind is steadily shifting from the south to the north, as the sun moves back into...
Forum: The Barbie
Oct 11th 2011, 5:46 am
Replies: 27
Views: 1,845
Posted By JR230898

Re: What class are you?

World class:p
Forum: Australia
Oct 9th 2011, 2:50 pm
Replies: 34
Views: 4,566
Posted By JR230898

Re: Whats so special about Melbourne?

Have lived in Sydney (both east & western suburbs at different times 2yrs each time), Canberra(2yrs), Brisbane (4yrs), Townsville (2yrs), & Melbourne in a couple of different suburbs since 1998. ...
Forum: Africa
Sep 27th 2011, 1:57 pm
Replies: 17
Views: 10,775
Posted By JR230898

Re: Mozambique

It was cheaper to come via the Swazi border gates than coming via Komatipoort/Ressano Garcia and I think the reason is because, now at Ressano Garcia they have an all singing/dancing fancy visa they...
Forum: Africa
Sep 26th 2011, 9:24 pm
Replies: 17
Views: 10,775
Posted By JR230898

Re: Mozambique

I concur with what Wikipedia currently quotes, I flew into Maputo Jan 11 & gained a 30 day tourist then, experienced different prices at Namaacha and Ressano Garcia:

$77 (2010) at the South...
Forum: Australia
Sep 21st 2011, 4:16 am
Replies: 74
Views: 10,690
Posted By JR230898

Re: Racism in Sydney and the East Coast??

More accepted? I think so. There are incidents, such as when there are gang incidents and all Sudanese kids are stereotyped.
The wife and the kids have become more acculturated. The eldest son...
Forum: Australia
Sep 20th 2011, 5:05 pm
Replies: 74
Views: 10,690
Posted By JR230898

Re: Racism in Sydney and the East Coast??

Can agree largely with John's account here. We are a white guy (me), my beautiful black wife, and three black kids and two white kids who have been living in Melbourne since 2002. Yes, there are...
Forum: Africa
Sep 7th 2011, 7:48 pm
Replies: 5
Views: 1,933
Posted By JR230898

Re: Trip To South Africa/Mozambique

Europcar in Maputo have absolutely no problem with their vehicles crossing into SA or Swaziland. You just need to advise them in advance to enable them to provide the document to cross the border. ...
Forum: The Barbie
Jun 9th 2011, 5:05 pm
Replies: 87
Views: 4,631
Posted By JR230898

Re: Why no thread on the live cattle ban to Indonesia?

So much regard paid to cattle, so little to children. Why?
Forum: The Barbie
Jun 9th 2011, 4:53 pm
Replies: 87
Views: 4,631
Posted By JR230898

Re: Why no thread on the live cattle ban to Indonesia?

There has been quite a deal of public and media attention paid to the live exportation of cattle to Indonesia and their poor treatment.

Can we please make a comparison to the attention that is...
Forum: Australia
Jun 5th 2011, 7:25 pm
Replies: 121
Views: 22,003
Posted By JR230898

Re: anyone up for english cod in melbourne

Excellent.

Barramundi, especially natural salt-water barramundi, is one of the best tasting fish...and, it is also 'flaky' when it is a larger fish.

Cod?...yaaaawn.
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