Day 263: Why Fool Yoda Is
Today was another DVD-fest, a Hitchcock triple-bill (The Trouble With Harry (Crap), Topaz (Good) and Marnie (Okay)) culminating in Michael and I watching James Dean chew the scenery like a…
Day 262: The Dirty Stop-out
A great lie-in was interrupted by my desire to watch as many of Alex’s DVDs as possible before I had to leave. So I camped on the couch and watched…
Day 261: A Hard Day’s Night
So… after two days, I finally got to the Angolan Embassy and found out that there was a chance - an outside chance - that I could get a new…
Day 260: Heroes Day
Today is Angolan Heroes Day, so the Embassy was closed. Looks like I’m going to be here for the weekend...Not that I’m complaining. I need a few days of R&R…
Day 259: England Expects
First thing, I headed off to Kinshasa over the River Congo, escorted on and off the boat by British Embassy Officials. I’m taking no chances. Now in Kinshasa – “The…
Day 258: The Second Pizza of Freedom
RULE 6: NEVER EXPECT AN APOLOGYI woke up before dawn to find that my guard had gone. I went for a walk around the station – it was empty. I…
Day 257: You’re Free But You Can’t Leave
RULE 5: AVOID AFRICAI’m sorry. I’ve cracked. The wars (all 47 of them, want a list?) may be over (kinda) and I was desperate to blaze a trail from Rabat…
Day 256: The Horror, The Horror
RULE 4: VOGONS ARE UNFEASIBLY STUPIDYou cannot reason somebody out of a position they haven’t reasoned themselves into. Appealing to my captors on the logical grounds that I was a…
Day 255: The Heart of Darkness
RULE 3: VOGONS HAVE NO EMPATHY“The only way to get a drink out of a Vogon is to stick your finger down their throat”.- Douglas Adams, The Hitch-Hiker’s Guide To…
Day 254: The Saddest Song In The World
RULE 2: NEVER TRUST A VOGONI awoke on the little couch in the ‘chief’s’ office. Gone was any chance of me submitting my visa application for Angola this week. Max…