A blog from August....
on Colm in Kenya (Kenya), 30/Sep/2009 14:38, 34 days ago
The exchange rate between miles and kilometres moved a small bit closer to parity following intense Sunday morning market trading. One mile now converts to just over 1.1 of a kilometers.  Suicide bombers across Pakistan and Afghanistan continue to strike demanding a review of working conditions, specifically retirement benefits.In the crossword in Sunday’s newspaper, 17 down begins with A and has 7 letters but no clue is given. We think it could be ‘What fruit makes cider?’ yet we have absolutely noreasonto believe this is the case.A hairdresser who works in no shop and goes alone to Saturday night nightclub in tight-hot pants asks for a drink from an Irish volunteer. He refuses because he has no money but asks for a haircut in return. It too is refused because she cannot cut hair.Not far from abject poverty, teenage sex on sale for€10 and death at not much more, I lie in waist deep turquoise water, floating over white soft sand, bathing in warm sunshine yards from beach sofas, cool draught beer and Ashes cricket.For such brilliant weekend spent inDianiBeach,Ukunda, South of Mombasa, Kenya,ridiculousfiction seemed a lot like ridiculous fact…neither really makes a lot of sense.