Archive for March, 2008
Posted in March 31st, 2008
I am not your typical tree lover, but I work for an organisation that helps people in the northernmost sub-Saharan agricultural zone establish drought-tolerant trees and bushes that bear fruit even in times of need – and I just happen to love my job so very, very much. Knowing the amazing consequences that such long-term [...]
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Posted in March 30th, 2008
As we’re always looking for some way of varying our food, I was thrilled when Anette suggested we try to make our own solar baked carrot cake! As most things are in our case, it was a new experiment, but as turned out so well on the first try, we just had to share the [...]
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Posted in March 29th, 2008
I can’t believe it’s already time for Anette to go back to Sweden again… Time has gone by so fast! I can’t believe it’s already been seven months since we moved into our house and started piecing things together? She’ll be leaving strategically in time for before the warm season has reached its slightly uncomfortable [...]
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Posted in March 28th, 2008
Another of the many questions I asked myself before coming back to Zinder, was whether Arwen was in foal or not, and whether her January injury had healed so that I would be able to ride her again. Well, to answer the second question, she is doing better and walks/trots on her own without limping, [...]
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Posted in March 28th, 2008
After having spent a week in Niger, the Top 10 Visiting Countries are: USA & others Sweden Norway Netherlands Germany Switzerland Tonga France Belgium Mexico Making their presence known and battling to make it to the Top 10 are: Australia – Brazil – Canada – China – Colombia – Croatia – Denmark – Egypt – [...]
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Posted in March 27th, 2008
With a modest daily temperature peak of 41 degrees Celcius, the house has started to warm up well. Instead of wasting money on air condition or fans (which would then be complemented with a wet blanket) – we simply brought our mattresses out on the veranda. I slept so well all night (despite the “foreign [...]
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Posted in March 27th, 2008
One of the things I cannot live without anymore is our simple solar cooker. Whenever you have the time during the day, just chop together some vegetables and put in the fridge, which you then set out in your solar cooker before going to work the following morning. The food will then be ready by [...]
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Posted in March 26th, 2008
In a previous post, Niger1 asked the following question: From where do you get connected to the internet your house or cybercafe? Well, I have two choices. One is to battle the ordinary line, which is OK some days, and hopeless other days. The other is to go to a cybercafé. We used to go [...]
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Posted in March 26th, 2008
Another question I asked myself was whether Anette’s last coat of paint would keep the water from leaking out of our mini pool. We tried it out this week end, and hurray, it worked! Except for the water that evaporates, we’re good! We keep about 20 cm which is enough for a dip during the [...]
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Posted in March 26th, 2008
It’s amazing how much you experience from a five hour long journey between Kano and Zinder. And it’s even more amazing how much of it you can capture with a good camera! I was lucky, because Anette had asked me if there was anything I wanted sent to me in Kano. I asked for my [...]
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Posted in March 25th, 2008
Believe it or not, but all the plants are alive! No one is more surprised than Anette herself, who claims she does not possess green fingers… But hey, see what a little tender care did! Not only did the basil make it, but all the others as well! I wonder how they’ll do in my [...]
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Posted in March 25th, 2008
I was dead tired after the journey – had not slept all night before traveling! Although the night in Kano was short as well (went to bed after 1 am and had to get out of town in time of the Friday prayer – when much of the traffic is closed off) it was soooo [...]
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Posted in March 24th, 2008
Posted in March 24th, 2008
It’s only been three weeks since I started blogging in my own name, but the average of visitors per day so far has been 130. Ishtar News use to have between 20-30 visitors per day, so it’s considerable change! The ten top countries so far have been as following: 1. US & others 2. Sweden [...]
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Posted in March 23rd, 2008
The most culturally correct thing to do in Niger when you come back after a longer absence, is to visit all the people who matter to you. Socializing is the key. If you’re too tired or too busy to go from house to house just after having arrived, they’ll make it to you, because everybody [...]
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