Tag Archives: Tanzania

Do animals go to heaven?

Posted on August 5, 2013 by suletta

We are animal mad, and I have a dream of retiring near the sea, with a river flowing close by, next to a hill, with some majestic mountains in the distance, with at least 20 dogs, 20 cats, a milking … Continue reading →

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Scrabble via Facebook!

Posted on July 19, 2013 by suletta

In the two years of singledom before meeting my husband, my main form of entertainment after a hard day’s work, was to play scrabble via Facebook.  At one stage I got so addicted that I would have games going against … Continue reading →

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Suicide or the new term – “self-death”

Posted on March 21, 2013 by suletta

I know I normally write about normal day-to-day things, so this is a bit out of the norm for me, as it should never be seen as a normal day-to-day thing. But yesterday, in the small town where we now … Continue reading →

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I have always had a desire to have many many animals – at least 20 dogs, 20 cats, one cow, a goat, some chicken and whatever else I can raise to some level of domesticity.  My retirement dream is to … Continue reading →

Posted on January 21, 2013 by suletta | 3 Comments

Music and Dancing – our life-savers over the past year

Posted on January 19, 2013 by suletta

Whilst living in Tanzania, we were delighted to find that Multichoice DSTV, was very much alive and kicking, and probably more easy to navigate in Dar es Salaam, than some places in South Africa.  We subscribed with little effort, and … Continue reading →

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Suletta’s Shorts as told by Kobus

Posted on January 5, 2013 by suletta

I have a husband with the talent of telling a story that makes you visualise it as if you are right there in the moment.  He has made me laugh with his tales of fun events, mischievous behaviour with mates, … Continue reading →

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The battle of the “Red tape”

Posted on November 28, 2012 by suletta

Being fairly newly married, Kobus does not know all my hidden streaks (or talents?) that well yet.  And so he learnt the following about me yesterday:  I am like a bull-dog, once I get a hold of something, I rarely … Continue reading →

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For the love of a good man – my new life as farmer’s wife in Heilbron in the good ol’ Free State!!

Posted on November 20, 2012 by suletta

We left Dar es Salaam almost a month ago – Saturday 27 October 2012, 5 months and 14 days after we first arrived.  Defeated, deflated, sad to some extend that the project did not materialize, but incredibly excited to return … Continue reading →

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Parting shots of Dar es Salaam

Posted on October 26, 2012 by suletta

We took a trip around our favourite spots this past week, and as I am lounging around in a hotel room, waiting for my flight home, I want to share some of the scenery once more.  We drove out to … Continue reading →

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The end of our African Dream

Posted on October 22, 2012 by suletta

My regular readers will know the story, but for the newcomers, just a brief background:  Kobus and I were sourced in South Africa by a large Tanzanian company, with the aim of starting up a dairy farm on Zanzibar.  With … Continue reading →

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