Still alive
Jan. 22nd, 2007 10:26 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
rhyllHope none of you have been fretting. First few days here were completely ridiculously, alternating between feeling sick (flu-ish stuff) and try to register. Luckily I recovered in time for the beginning of the WSF, and since have been fairly busy with that + no internet access at the site (though I did find some Ubuntu kids) + problems with internet access at the hotel. Phone access is also a problem, for various reasons (summary: Africa) - I'm on my 3rd phone number since I got here!
I feel like I could write a couple of weeks' worth of entries just from the last couple of days, but I'm on limited time so first up, important bits, family please take heed:
I'll be flying from Nairobi to Cape Town on the 28th. I'll get into Jo'burg at 1035, and then leave for Cape Town at 1350. GREEK FAMILY: Perhaps you could talk to Helen and ask if she could meet me at the airport during my stopover, I think things will be hard to arrange otherwise. I don't think I'll manage to visit them at home, so the airport would probably be the best idea.
I'll arrive in Cape Town on the 28th at 1550. SOUTH AFRICAN FAMILY: Please tell me if someone can meet me at the airport, and if they can't please suggest an alternative way to get to Hermanus. Also, please tell me if it's Hermanus that I want to get to!
ALL FAMILY: Sorry for the calls for help, but communication is so improbably inefficient here that this seems the best way to assure that anything actually happens.
Also planned for my South African trip - a few days in Durban, probably from the 7th to the 10th, or thereabouts. Apparently Mango do cheap and frequent flights? I've heard rumours that I'm giving a seminar on my work at the Centre for Civil Society at the University of KwaZulu Natal on the 9th.
I feel like I could write a couple of weeks' worth of entries just from the last couple of days, but I'm on limited time so first up, important bits, family please take heed:
I'll be flying from Nairobi to Cape Town on the 28th. I'll get into Jo'burg at 1035, and then leave for Cape Town at 1350. GREEK FAMILY: Perhaps you could talk to Helen and ask if she could meet me at the airport during my stopover, I think things will be hard to arrange otherwise. I don't think I'll manage to visit them at home, so the airport would probably be the best idea.
I'll arrive in Cape Town on the 28th at 1550. SOUTH AFRICAN FAMILY: Please tell me if someone can meet me at the airport, and if they can't please suggest an alternative way to get to Hermanus. Also, please tell me if it's Hermanus that I want to get to!
ALL FAMILY: Sorry for the calls for help, but communication is so improbably inefficient here that this seems the best way to assure that anything actually happens.
Also planned for my South African trip - a few days in Durban, probably from the 7th to the 10th, or thereabouts. Apparently Mango do cheap and frequent flights? I've heard rumours that I'm giving a seminar on my work at the Centre for Civil Society at the University of KwaZulu Natal on the 9th.