I went to an engagement party last night. Two dear friends of mine, tying the little old knot. Embarked on the tipple; wore heels that made divots in the lawn. Never learn, never fucking learn. Some guy at the party looked at me. Looked at me. I...

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Being home is rather nice. It smells a little less Kenya and a little more ‘shitters-I left-stewed fruit-in the fridge’. It smells like home – and even though my windows have been shut and it smells somewhat stale in the old joint – frankly,...
Topics: aeroplane politics, air travel, armrests, planes

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OK, so got stuck in the Nairobi office lift today. There were about 10 power outages during our presentations – apparently not unheard of in this part of Africa. Anyway, panic stations. Fuck me. Cruising vertically into space to the seventh floor,...
Topics: claustrophobia, jammed elevators, kenya, little metal capsules danging by cables in highscrapers in east a, panic stations, stucks lifts

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Last night I caught up with Poen's boyfriend, who is passing through Nairobi for a while. We smashed a cocktail at my hotel and then he took me to Nairobi's best little curry joint - for a spot of masala. I ordered 4 poppadoms, because they rock..

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I went around the city centre yesterday. Before getting dropped off at my very colonial, very snazz-matazz hotel. (I have my own bathroom! I can walk around naked in my hotel room! I get a robe, in case my curtains happen to be open!) The city centre...
Topics: kenya, nairobi, the fairmont norfolk

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