Kayaking in Strand

My Swedish friend Nisse came out to Strand from Cape Town to join me this lovely afternoon on the sea. Tried some wave surfing with kayak and flipped over, but all good fun...

Concentration camp at Kleine Zalze, Stellenbosch

Moved in to one of the fancy wine farms with my supervisor for the week to concentrate on finishing my PhD. My goal is to submit 3 papers by Sunday. Wish me luck...

Home made pasta at Ann&Shaun, Johannesburg

Year end function, Serene's dance studio, Strand

Long weekend - Wild Coast

Instead of enjoying the ocean, water park and other sports, I can only enjoy the view from the room where I am medicating to get rid of a bad flu :(

Garage Computing - Potchefstroem

At North West University with our partner universities in the North-South-South programme and very interesting to see/hear how differently people view a garage in different contexts. The exercise is to introduce a new Buzz word for new great ideas for future activities and collaboration.

A day in Nairobi - Kenya

On My way back from Eldoret I had a day in Nairobi where I first met up with my old friend Kat from my early days in rural Tanzania, then I took the programmers for some Nyama Choma (BBQ) to celebrate their good work with the game development. Finally in evening I went to meet my sister Deborah and her boyfriend Etienne where also they had a Nyama Choma for me. Now almost 2 in the night and about to board a flight back to South Africa.

Invitations, Eldoret, Kenya

James who is a good friend of my father and a pastor for a big church here in Eldoret showed me around a bit today in the afternoon. With his new car we visited his old house in the slum, the huge church he had built and thereafter we rounded up for a dinner in his nice new house. He made sure I got chicken as that is what he was always served in my parents home when he visited Sweden. Chicken was served with Ugali and cabbage.

Yesterday I was invited to my colleague Julius place where Chicken and rice was on the menu. He had a nice tradition of eating from the same plate with his girlfriend. Always nice to visit peoples homes as you get a better connection with the life and culture of a place.

Working the night shift, Nairobi

Met up with my sister Debbie at her horse jumping competition this afternoon and borrowed her car to take my Finnish Colleague Ville to Nairobi national park. At the moment Ville (and I) are working with students from Chepkoilel University on developing an educational forestry game for android tablets.

Jordan wine estate

A five star meal with Andrés, Paula and his parents.