I’ve been meaning to write about our new truck family for a while,
so here goes…
Raf left us in Addis
(A special thanks goes to Shaun for costume assistance).
NEWBIES
Emma
This fun, young English chick joined us in Zanzibar and has a
strong interest in Arabic and the Middle East. She’s absolutely gorgeous and is
never seen without her red sunnies – maybe in the hope that it won’t rain as
she’s afraid of thunder and lightning. Very well-prepared for the trip – she came
with her own beer funnel. Currently in a backgammon ‘fight-to-the-death’ with
Nev, our driver.
Kris
This crazy Belgian joined us in Arusha and sadly already left us
in Addis! (Through no fault of our own I might add – he just wanted to get back
home as his cycling team was invited to a very prestigious Belgian race). Is
embarrassed that the Belgian cultural icon is Mannekin Pis
(literally ‘Little Man Pee’). He loves ‘bubbly’ (his term for sparkling/soda
water) so much so in fact that he took a bottle into the Arctic Ocean with him
in Greenland. A fellow 90s music aficionado who loves an adventure and hard,
rough travelling (the West Africa part of our trip which he is planning on
doing over 2012/13 will be perfect for him). Loves cycling, table tennis,
tennis, rowing, kayaking and sailing. Also loves his cartoon-themed socks with
everything from Spiderman to Garfield to Homer Simpson to Snoopy. Will respond
to ‘Olga’…
ABANDONERS
Lee left us
in Arusha
Ron left us
in Kampala
Katie rejoined
in Zanzibar & then sadly left us again in Nairobi – sniff!
Kris/Olga left us
in Addis
Raf left us in Addis
NEW
PERSONALITIES
Now, I don’t expect anyone will really ever understand quite how
much time we have and how crazy we’ve actually become on this trip. Or maybe
you will after this post if you haven’t already…
Fatima, aka Dom,
has existed since the early days in Morocco when Kristy mistook Dom in his
local outfit for a local lady…since then we found out in one of our library
books that ‘Fatima’ was a very generous, fat Moroccan wh*re…
Olga, aka
Kris, (the 3rd best prozzie in Domainia) was sadly only born the
night of Kris’ farewell. We miss him/her already and wish him/her well!
(A special thanks goes to Shaun for costume assistance).
Gladys, aka Oli,
(a 1950’s Northern England washerwoman), was born most recently at a very wet
bushcamp.
More personalities to come?? Let’s hope so…
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