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By the middle of December a house on a small dirt street in the town of Soddo is the home for quite a few Estonians. Eight all together. Some for a while already, some for less time, we are all…

Days go by like hours and our lives have been taken over by the African routine. But this word has a different meaning here. Everything here is chaotic and it’s not what we take as routine. You can’t make any plans for…

It’s my second week here. I’m slowly getting accustomed to our new home. I’m lying on the sofa and watching how Merle prepares food, wondering what new and surprising delicacies are to be expected. Merle woke my from my thoughts by asking…

It’s 5 AM. Two days and nights without sleep are behind me now. I feel that my heart is beating differently and I don’t know whether this is from not having enough sleep or the view of  the plane’s window:…

It took me a whole month to get accostumed to the rythm in Africa. It’s hard to tell, why it took me so long. I should define the word chigirillo. It is saying that rushing doesn’t take you anywhere and…

I woke up 5 AM because of a rooster. In Estonia I’m used to get up when it’s not dark anymore. Because of all the power cuts it’s very economic. Though here nobody seems to be very economic, sadly. We…