Hi there!

Greetings from South Africa. Things have been good. Hectic few days at work. My job seems to involve a lot of deflecting angry people. Luckily I can (contrary to popular belief) be quite good at eating humble pie.

Anyway for those of you who wanted to see what my new 'home' looks like it looks like this...not so bad eh? It hasn't really been hot enough, except the first few days when I arrived, to try out the 'pool' and it's not exactly big enough for lengths.

And if anyone wanted to see what my first two rhino looked like...

There are two there, back to back. Kinda sweet. I know all safari photos are pretty lame so I'll save you the trauma of lots of grassland photos with the vague outline of something that COULD resemble an ostrich / giraffe / tree / telegraph pole in the distance. But I was kinda chuffed to see these two as every time I've been to a nature reserve with rhinos I've been pretty out of luck.




Also, I know I mentioned, I went out to a school last week which was really interesting. It was the link of a school I knew of in the UK. It had the appearance of a really well resourced school, in Soshanguve Township, just north of Pretoria. Actually turned out their budget is miniscule but there is a very wily headteacher there who seems to be incredibly resourceful. Of course the cameras generated the usual chaos..

Anyway - I hope this all finds you well. Please all keep in touch, it's kinda slow socially out here so all contact gratefully received.