but I have to say with 35° it is hard to be in the mood of our european christmas! No glühwein, lebkuchen, no Christkindlmark, no queue in store (because … there is absolutly no store here), no present only prayers and mass are planed!! On friday night...
As farmer, I now need to put water on my vegetable. The dry season began, and we do not have the daily rain anymore. So every morning I go to the well, and fill up of water 2 pot of 25 Liters that I carry to the field and with my hand put water on my...
You wake up at 5. You help your 10 kids to wash themselves to get ready for school. Then at 5.30 you take a wood box that you put on your back, your last child you still breastfeed is in your arm and go for a long walk barefoot until you arrive to the...
President of Congo is supposed to come and visit the Equator, the poorest region from the poorest country in the world, my new home... The president knows he is not welcomed to this place. At the last “election” his main opponent Dear mister JP Mbemba,...
Thibaut turned 25 ... and one more time I could not be there. This time I could not make the surprise to come... The Mississippi -- Madrid trip within a week end with a call to my HR friend to postpone his interview (Julie mille merci encore une fois!)...
If nobody complains in the commentary, I'll continue the blog in french (I have the impression my readers are all french speaker...) Une messe de 6h, a partir de 4h j'essayais de trouver un moment opportun pour m'éclipser, seule grande et blanche dans...
All kind of non governmental organization working in the territory of Basankusu. The more I get to understand how people are thinking, working the more I doubt the big boss of founding organisation have been in the „brousse“ (pampa) to see how it works....
Ok I let you imagine. It is 2.30am, you wake up, you don't know why and suddently you hear something like „cricricri“. You find your electric lamp and look around you, and you see...a huge rat next to your bed. You have different options: You scream very...
... they know it is "mondele" = "the white" who is riding her bike. No idea how! And I tell you, if you want to know what the darkness is, either go to the desert or … to Basankusu! Even if you are in the middle of the village, you cannot see anything!...
Summary of the 2 first week in Basankusu: well I got 1000 phone number from guys I even don't remember their name, and I am sure they will call me within 2 weeks for asking some money!and I finised the first (of the five I have) season of How I met your...
