Having been hacked on Sunday with its domain name esthergarvi.com blocked, my blog has now successfully been moved to a new address: esthergarvi.org! Can’t wait to pick up the trail again!!

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Because of a broken cable outside of the coast of Benin, we have had very limited access to the Internet. For the second week, I have not been able to download or send my emails, upload pages and much less blog… So if you are wondering why things are so silent from my end, don’t [...]

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Dear readers! For nearly three years, you’ve joined me in my corner of West Africa. You’ve solar cooked with me; discovered famine foods of various kinds; ventured into the heart of the Zinder bush on ambling barb horses; explored the land; met the people; visited my neighbours; gone shopping (mostly tissue!) at the colourful Zinder [...]

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We had a wonderful weekend, spending Sunday to Monday in the bush, visiting Illami and his owner Liz. I hope to post soon!

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I promised you yesterday that I’d post a continuation on the 1986 Sahara crossing today, so here goes: A quick recap for those of you who just dropped in for the first time: The Garvi Family is on a five week long journey through the Sahara desert, moving their little tribe from the comforts of [...]

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The expression “whenever it rains, it pours” seems not only to be relevant to the rainy season in Niger, but also to blog awards! The past two weeks have seen this blog being nominated three times, which is such a cheerful honour! First up was Fe of Coyote Roads with the I Love Your Blog [...]

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I recently updated my links, to include all sites that I visit and all site owners who read & comment on my blog. Being a long-term kind of person, its the continuity that I appreciate! If you’re a regular reader with your own site, let me know so that I can add you to the [...]

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This blog has grown! It now has an average of 170 visitors daily (!) from around the world. The Top 15 Visiting Countries so far this month are: USA Sweden Netherlands Switzerland Germany Australia United Kingdom Poland South Africa Spain Tonga Argentine France Romania Canada I am still wondering “ Niger, where are you!” but [...]

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If this were Facebook, there would be a heading somewhere saying: Esther recently added an Eden Foundation page to her blog. To read it, click here! Eden is at a stage in life when it definitively needs regular sponsorship, so if you want to be part of the sustainable work being conducted in Tanout, click [...]

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Am leaving for the field station again, will blog when I come back. Talking to my niece in the car (when your mother is a forester, then you too get to go the field station on a regular basis!)

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The Top 10 Visiting Countries of this month are: USA & others Sweden Netherlands United Kingdom China France Germany Ghana Norway Egypt (I am still wondering: Niger, where are you…?) The Top 5 posts have been: 1. Baking an omelet in the solar oven 2. When luxury food meets famine food in my solar oven [...]

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After 5 days into April, the Top 10 Visiting Countries are: USA & others Sweden Netherlands France Germany Ghana Norway Canada United Kingdom Brazil The great climbers here are the Netherlands and France. Niger, where are you…?

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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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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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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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