Skittles and dancing - meeting the GSE team from Turkey

LtoR: Begum, Hilal, Cagil, Yildirim, Kate, Captain Bob

Earlier this month the GSE team from District 2440 in Turkey were hosted by Rotary Club of Chippenham as part of their visit to District 1200. Captain Bob looked after the team as they completed their busy schedule including a trip to Avebury and a tour in the Brewery in Devizes. The team also visited Good Energy, the company I work for, which is based in Chippenham.

I met the team at a skittles evening in the Wellesley Arms in Sutton Benger. I had never played skittles before but ‘Team Turner’ (my husband Will and I) came a very respectable joint first place in the competition! The Turkish GSE team joined in and enjoyed the quintessentially english country evening. It was great to meet Hilal, Begum, Cagil and Yildirim, and chat about their GSE visit so far. Seeing the Turkish team together brought back a lot of memeories from my own GSE trip. The team told me that their vocational visits had been great and that they had enjoyed visiting Bath, whilst seeing Stonehenge was a highlight for Yildirim in particular!

 I was very impressed by the team’s enthusiasm and language skills, if we thought GSE was exhausting, imagine doing it in another language! Rotarian Reha is the team leader for the D2440 team and gave a speech about how GSE had been an amazing experience, not just for his team but for him as well – something I know Captain Bob would agree with. We were treated to some fancy dance moves on the skittle alley too - Reha is a professional dancer ( Adele would have loved it!) It was fantastic to meet the GSE team and see once again what an impact GSE can have.

It was a great evening and good to spend more time with the Rotarians, seeing familiar faces and meeting new ones too. I’m looking forward to being reunited with my own GSE team for our final presentation on Monday!

GSE team from D2440 receiving their certificates from President Rick

Rotary Club of Yeovil penultimate presentation!

Bob, Kate, President Michael Nethaway, and Seb

On Tuesday, Bob, Seb and I were welcomed by President Michael Nethaway to the Rotary Club of Yeovil, to give our penultimate presentation about our Group Study Exchange. I can hardly believe that over 10 months ago the GSE adventure was only just beginning for me. The time has flown!

It was a pleasure to meet the rotarians and I really enjoyed speaking to them during dinner and sharing our tales of travelling. Our presentation went well, and as ever it was great to relive our experiences through describing them to the rotarians of club. As I said in my presentation, although the GSE trip was over months ago, our journey has continued, through the clubs we have visited in our District and through the friendships we have continued to make.

A very big thank you to Rotary Club of Yeovil for your warm and friendly hospitality. We enjoyed hearing about the pig racing too - what a good idea for a fun fundraising event!

We missed you Adele and Alice but look forward to our team reunion in Chippenham in April!

Rotary Club of Chippenham 64th Charter Anniversary Dinner

Bob and I looking smart in our black tie!

On Friday evening I was honoured to attend the Rotary Club of Chippenham's 64th Charter Anniversary Dinner. My husband Will and I were seated on a table with no less than three Past-President's of the Club, including GSE Team Leader Bob Nation.

We were treated to a wonderful meal followed by speeches from President Rick Squires, District Treasurer Rory O'Donnell, and the special guest speaker Nigel Redman, coach for Worcester Warriors and ex-England Cap.

Bob receiving his Paul Harris Fellowship from President Rick

We were inspired to hear about the amazing achievements of the Club, and the amount of hard work, effort and time that the Rotarians dedicate was plain to see. The Rotary motto of 'service above self' was vividly demonstrated during President Rick's speech when he honored members of the Club as Paul Harris Fellows. Paul Harris founded Rotary International and the Fellowship is awarded to individuals who have given outstanding and exceptional service. It was fantastic to see our illustrious GSE team leader awarded his Fellowship from Chippenham Club, very well done Captain Bob!  
It wasn't the only award for Bob, he also received recognition for his work with the team of Rotarians who fund raised for and designed the SNAP hydrotherapy pool at St Nicholas School, which has subsequently won a national award for the design of the pool!

Bob & the Rotarian's with their award for the design of the SNAP hydrotherapy pool

The guest speaker Nigel Redman made us all laugh lots with tales from his rugby past. He said that good clubs need good people - as true for a team of Rotarians or Rubgy players! The other big laugh of the evening was Bob's surprise for President Rick - see the photo below!
A very big thank you to President Rick and the Rotary Club of Chippenham for kindly inviting us to the dinner, we had a great evening! We look forward to visiting the club again in April with the rest of the GSE team. 

Will the real President please stand up?

 

A quick check-in from South Africa

Hi everyone,

I thought I would send a quick update on where I am and what I am up to at the moment. I am still on the Rank Award grant, researching and gaining experience in interventions aimed at working with young women.

I am currently in Johannesburg, South Africa, working with a missionary organisation called 'Cherish', who run 8-week programs with girls and young women educating them on their worth and value, sex and relationships, HIV/AIDS and how to live a 'pure' life. 

I flew out to South Africa on 18th January and spent the first two weeks in Worcester, on the Western Cape. Whilst I was there, I organised and spoke at a large conference for teenage girls. Twenty-one girls attended from the local farming area and I taught on identity, true femininity and self-expression. The day consisted of teaching, practical activities, arts and crafts and a free lunch for the girls. We had really great, positive feedback from all the girls that attended and they've apparently already been asking when I will return for the next girls' conference!

On 1st February, I flew to Johannesburg where I started working with Cherish. On my second weekend here, we drove to Swaziland to deliver training in how to set-up and run Cherish groups. I helped to deliver the training as well as participating in the training itself! We had a wonderful weekend of fun, particularly on the first night when 10 minutes into the training session, the power cut out and we had to complete the session by candlelight!

Training local women in Swaziland how to educate young girls about sex and HIV/AIDS

During my time in Johannesburg I have set up and I am currently running four Cherish groups; one in a local school, one in a home for girls, one in a shelter for women who have been abused and one in the local community. I am also teaching two creative workshops for girls, including a dance class, leading a bible study, mentoring some girls one-on-one and tutoring one girl in Maths and English. So I'm keeping pretty busy and out of trouble!

I am currently writing up my proposal of what I plan to do with all this experience and training once I return to the UK. My vision and passion is to set up a program where girls can learn about their identity, worth, sex and relationships and what being a woman really means, in a safe environment. At the heart of most of the issues young girls face today are low self-esteem, lack of identity and faulty views on what it means to be a girl - I'd like to address these root issues before they turn into bigger problems. At the moment, I am figuring out the finer details of how this will look and what my next steps need to be. I'll keep you all informed of how this is going once I return to the UK. I am also in correspondence with projects I met on the GSE and talking with them about how we can network and what we can do to help them. What an amazing adventure this is!!

Rotary Club of Glastonbury & Street

Rotary Club of Glastonbury & Street

On Monday 25th February, the team presented to the Rotary club of Glastonbury & Street at the Wessex Hotel in Street. The location familiar to all as it was where the GSE team would all meet prior to our trip to district 9210, some fond and entertaining memories of this place and of course the place where we all first met!
We were greeted by the club president Peter Davey, enjoyed a relaxed meeting with the updates of various charity and sporting events occuring in the club whilst tucking into a fantastic meal.

The team comprised Captain Bob, Alice and me and we presented to the members of the club. Personally I think that Bob is using his props and gifts improving his presentation no end, I love listening to the way that he describes how epic, adventurous, educational and useful the Group Study Exchange was. The enthusiam from Bob rolled onto Alice where she presented herself perfectly and then detailed the life and experiences of Kate, her plans for future solar projects and her progressions in her career!
I had the last slot of the presentation and was discussing the possibility of working with Rotary supported charity Bikes4Africa hoping to send bikes to one of the countries that we visited during our trip.
Watch this space for more!

Overall a good presentation, questions thought provoking and a great evening had by all!

Thank you to the Rotary Club of Glastonbury & Street.

Pictured Club President Peter Davey, Team Captain Bob Nation, Her Royal Highness The Queen (painting only), Seb Cope & Alice Jones

First presentation of 2013 - Rotary Club of Frome

On Tuesday evening we were welcomed by the Rotary Club of Frome. This was our first team presentation of 2013 and it was lovely to catch up. It was the fab four again, as Adele is now in South Africa on the next part of her research placement (hello Adele, hope Joburg is fun!)

 After a delicious meal, with pancakes for pudding (yum yum), we made our presentation to the Rotarians. It is always so fantastic to talk about our GSE trip and I find that it really brings back all the wonderful experiences we had. Our presentation has evolved over time - as Bob described it in his introduction - our story is slightly different now that we have been back for several months.

We have all been thinking about the next steps, especially with regard to possible projects from our time away. I got some very useful fundraising pointers from the Rotarians I was sitting with during dinner, it’s so nice to be able to discuss ideas with people with plenty of experience of fundraising, and I learnt a lot. Hopefully we will have some exciting updates on that front to share in the near future – watch this space!

 We’d like to thank the Rotary Club of Frome for welcoming us, listening and asking questions, we all enjoyed our evening very much.
Here are a few more photos from our visit:

Answering some questions!
 

Rotary business in action

Bob being fined by 'Boris'

The adventures continue...

Hi everyone,

Sorry I have been quiet for a long time, I have been in the USA for the past 3 months as part of the Rank Memorial Award, researching and working with a non-profit organisation, Mercy Ministries, that works with young women with life-controlling disorders.

My passion in life is for working with teenage girls and young women, particularly those who have low self-esteem and are at risk for making ‘risky life choices’ or developing ‘life controlling disorders’. Just before leaving to go on the GSE trip (in fact the day before we flew) I had my interview for the Rank Award and was offered a grant to gain experience and research this field of work. Through the GSE I further developed my passion for this area, as I got to experience various youth projects, some that specialised in working with young women, and was able to share this passion during our presentations. The experience I gained during the GSE showed me the global nature of the issues faced by young women and inspired me even more to want to do something to help make a difference.

On 8th September, I flew out to Nashville, Tennessee in the USA to begin the Rank Award. For 3 months I volunteered with Mercy Ministries. Mercy Ministries is a free-of-charge, voluntary, faith-based residential programme, which serves young women from all socio-economic backgrounds, ages 13-28, who face a combination of life-controlling issues, such as eating disorders, self-harm, drug and alcohol addictions, depression and unplanned pregnancy. Mercy also serves young women who have been physically and sexually abused, including victims of sex trafficking. I was able to meet some of the young women in the programme, as well as hear first-hand stories from many graduates of the programme - it was amazing to see how their lives had been transformed and how they were now healthy, confident young women making a valuable contribution to their world and often giving back to other young women who also need help. I am so excited to see how I will use what I learned during my time there, during the GSE experience and during the second part of the Rank Award (I fly to South Africa for 3 months on 18th January to work with another project out there) in the future to improve the lives of young women.

Whilst in Nashville I had the opportunity to visit the Rotary Club of Nashville with one of my colleagues. It was great to get to see another club on another continent and how Rotary works there. I met some amazing people and shared with them what I am doing. I also introduced one of my colleagues at the ministry to Rotary and she now is planning to join Rotary as well!!

I feel like I am on the adventure of my life right now and I am just so incredibly blessed. Thank you so much to Mendip and Woodspring Rotary Clubs for your continued support, I am so honoured to be linked with you. Thank you to my wonderful GSE team for all of your support and for holding up my part in the presentations as well as your own whilst I've been away, and thank you to Rotary International for the amazing opportunity that you gave us (it has impacted me in so many ways!!).

I pray that you all have a wonderful Christmas and that 2013 is an awesome year of adventure for you too!! I will keep in touch about the next part of my adventure.

God Bless
Adele x
 

Season's greetings!

Adele, Seb, Bob, Kate and Alice would like to wish everyone a very merry christmas and a happy new year! A big thank you to all the Rotarians who made 2012 such a wonderful and memorable year for the GSE team. (and thank you to Alice for this amazing illustration!!)

Rotary Club of Langport and Somerton

We met on a cold winters night and we were greeted by a warm friendly Rotary club with President Rupert Cox leading proceedings. We enjoyed discussing the trip with the rotarians and it was particularly good to see Stan Jones who was very influential in our GSE trip in the beginning stages and he was very helpful with advice on presentations. We were privileged to watch the induction of a new member to the club, both interesting and entertaining!
We enjoyed a lovely dinner at The Olde Forge Inn, Curry Rivel and we even got to pull crackers and wear Christmas hats and tell some awful jokes!
Captain Bob, Kate and Seb provided the presentation using a last minute high quality white cloth as the screen and unperturbed we enjoyed and presented to the eager crowd!

Thank you to President Rupert Cox and the Rotarians of Langport & Somerton for hosting us.

Pictured: Stan Jones, Seb Cope, President Rupert Cox, Kate Turner and Captain Bob Nation

Visit to Minehead Rotary Club

On Monday evening, 12th November the GSE team meandered their way along the A39 to Minehead Rotary club. Alice, Kate and Seb enjoyed a warm welcome with lots of good natured banter (mainly directed at team leader Bob by PDG David Yates).

Once again, we were treated to an excellent meal and excellent company. The presentation that followed seemed to catch the interest of our audience who asked us some very searching and interesting questions.  We were asked about everything from what the food was like and visiting church, to the differences between the clubs and rotarians in the host countries. This is a great experience for the team and its useful to consider our trip from new perspectives, learning what captures our audience's imaginations!

We always learn something ourselves from giving these presentations as each one contributes something of interest that we can include on the next, adding impact to the story.

Many thanks to President Barrie and all members and partners. Now we look forward to our last presentation of this calendar year at Langport & Somerton Rotary club on Thursday 29th November.

 

Thanks again

Bob Nation

GSE Team Leader

Dorchester Casterbridge Presentation

Last night, three members of the GSE team were greeted by members of the Dorchester Casterbridge Rotary club and enjoyed a fantastic evening. Captain Bob and Kate travelled down from Chippenham and Seb from Crewkerne to meet at the Kings Arms Hotel on the high street in Dorchester. We were welcomed by President Lorraine Wong, had a lovely meal and then the presentation began.
The presentation went well and we had some challenging questions at the end, most of which we were able to answer!

Thank you to the Rotary Club of Dorchester Casterbridge for hosting us

Crewkerne club visit

Last Wednesday eve, the team all ventured down to the Henhayes Community Centre in Crewkerne to meet and present to the Crewkerne club. It was a horrid rainy night, however we were met with a friendly welcome from the club and club President Derek Phoenix. We had a very tasty meal and then listened to a presentation about Mercy Ships and also a presentation from two local girls about their trip to South Africa, which the club had part sponsored them to do. Last but by no means least it was our presentation.. I think we did very well considering we were last that evening and hopefully it would have gained some interest from members to support us in our forthcoming projects with D9210. There were about 50 people present, mostly club members, visiting members and a few guests (including us). Thanks to Brit Valley members who came along, great to have your support. Our next presentation is next Tuesday, to the Dorchester club. Unfortunately I will not be able to make it, however I am sure the others will do a grand job, good luck! Adele, I hope all is going well with you and the project in America :).

Brit Valley Visit

 

Last week the GSE team visited Brit Valley Rotary club. The famous five will be the fab four whilst Adele is in USA on her research project, we miss you Adele and hope it’s all going well!!

Bob and I travelled through rain and storm to get to Bridport, but it was well worth the journey to meet such a friendly club and share our wonderful experience with them. We were treated to a delicious dinner and then we gave our presentation. We had updated our presentation to reflect where we went, what we learnt, our highlights and  future plans. There were lots of interesting questions at the end which really got us thinking and brought all the amazing memories flooding back!

It was clear to see that Brit Valley Club is very proud of Alice, and of course it was great to meet up with the team again. Bring on the next presentation!!

The Mudi River Project, Malawi

We were very busy during our trip and didn’t always have an opportunity to blog about all the  fantastic projects we saw. Here's a blog I wrote about an ambitious project in Malawi.

River Mudi before it flows through Blantyre

The River Mudi flows through the city of Blantyre, in Malawi. Levels of pollution in the river are many times higher than the internationally accepted standard for water quality. Sewage and industrial waste pours into the river due to a combination of heavy industry, inadequate management,  local people dumping their waste, broken pipes and the sewage system failing. This is a serious problem because the Mudi River is a major source of water for domestic and other uses for communities that live downstream. Not only that, the Mudi has become a health hazard for the population of Blantyre who must live and work alongside the polluted stink of the river.

The Rotary Club of Blantyre have decided to clean up the river, putting together a taskforce to tackle the problem. It's an undeniably ambitious undertaking, but something they feel is essential for the future of their city. This involves mobilising the Blantyre Water Board, Department of the Environment and the City Council, as well as businesses and local people too. Encouraging collaboration, they have been meeting weekly, led by the current president of the Rotary Club, Sundu Jere. 

River Mudi near central market place

Sundu took us on a tour of the river which vividly demonstrated the problem. We followed the course of the river from where its stored in a reservoir at one end of town, right to the other side of town where the water is heavily polluted. Yet is still used by some of the local population for washing and drinking because they do not have another water source available. Blantyre City is a watershed to many rivers; this means pollution in the city affects not only people in Blantyre but also those who use the rivers that originate from the city.

President Sundu Jere explains the sewage treatment plans

Sundu explained, ‘when I was a kid we could play by the river, but not anymore. In the summer the smell from the river affects everyone. There is a clear dividing line between where the water in the river flows clean and then where it becomes undrinkable, a health hazard.’

The challenges are clearly huge, but Sundu is determined that Rotary must play a big part, as nothing is being done at present. The president has even acquired a new nickname around Blantyre, ‘Mr Mudi.’

The first phase of the project is to re-instigate the sewage treatment plant. Built in the 1970s, the facilities at the plant haven’t worked properly for 10 years. The city has a population of 1.2 million during the day and 735,000 at night, and currently 80% of the sewage is untreated and goes straight into the river. When we visited the treatment plant we saw the dilapidated state it had fallen into. The great news is that The Rotary club have secured funding to get the plant working again and the land has recently been cleared in preparation for this to happen.

Garden business in Blantyre

Another problem the project faces is that the river flows through an industrial area and waste from here also finds its way into the water. Although many of the industries do have waste management activities in place, the waste pipes that they use have been damaged or even completely removed by vandals and people selling the pipes for scrap. So in these areas the waste simply goes into the river. The Rotary Club has thought of a solution for this too, they plan to replace them with concrete pipes.
Compounding the problem is the lack of any up to date environmental regulations, the penalty for polluting the river has not changed since the 70s and even if a company does get fined the fee is nominal and unlikely to prevent them from doing it again. The legislation has not been updated so there is no mechanism to discourage polluting. Again, the Rotary are tackling this problem by working with the industries and local authorities.

As well as working on these kinds of ‘top down’ approaches they have introduced some innovative ‘bottom up’ activities too. A fantastic example of this was an initiative at the smaller tributaries along the river, which involves allocating plots to vendors who grow shrubs and flowers. This prevents localised rubbish dumping as the growers take ownership of their area along the river.

These green and meticulously ordered oasis run alongside the streams and have transformed the areas from wasteland where people felt free to dump whatever they liked, to beautiful gardens and small businesses. 

Garden business along the river

The Rotary Club has also been busy building local support for the project and using the media to put pressure on the right people in order to get the project moving. This raises the profile of the River Mudi project so that people start to ask questions when progress is not made. The project even has its own Facebook page.

When we asked Sundu why he thought the Rotary Club needed to become involved in such an ambitious project his answer was simple, ‘You can’t expect someone else to clean up after you, we have to do it ourselves. There are people ready to do the work, to clean up the river, but there is no funding to allow them to begin. This is a project that will make life better for everyone in Blantyre.’  

There is no doubt that its going to take time, hard work and a lot of determination. But with the Rotary Club spearheading the project there is at least hope that cleaning up the river Mudi can and will happen. A clean river is a vision that Rotary are making into a reality, and if they succeed it will be an incredible legacy for the people of Blantyre.

Team Yellow back together again!

Team Yellow and Rotarians of Mendip Rotary Club

Our first presentation back in England was last Thursday eve to the Mendip Rotary club at Wedmore Golf club. Adele's sponsoring club from D1200.

It was great for 'Team Yellow' to met up again for the first time since we have all returned.  We had a good welcome from the club, followed by an enormous dinner and then our presentation...

We all seemed alot more relaxed about the presentation and it generally went very well, sharing our photos, memories, GSE achievements and stories. We also had quite a few questions from club members at the end.

Well done team! And thank you very much to the Mendip club for having us.

Presentation at Benoni Van Ryn club

Since returning to the UK the team have been very busy getting back into our normal routines and catching up on work... but have not forgotten what a wonderful and life changing trip we have just been on! We are all so very thankful to Rotary for what they have given us with some great memories for life.

After departing from the team on the 24/6/2012 at Tambo International airport in Johannesburg I had just over a weeks stay with my aunty and uncle who live outside Johannesburg. I grew up with my family near where they live until I was 9 years old. It was a great opportunity to see some old familiar places, such as my school, town and also meeting up with old school friends who I had not seen for 15 years!

I also had got in contact with Benoni Van Ryn Rotary club (through David Conroy from Brit Valley club) before leaving the UK and organised to do a presentation whilst I was there.
The club meet every Thursday evening at the Benoni County Club and that is where I meet them on the 28/6/2012.

Secretary Colin Hornton

President Patsy Gatonby

The evening happened to be celebrating the clubs 40th year, so I felt honoured to be part of it. I met President Patsy Gatonby, and Secretary Colin Hornton and some of the other members such as Wade, Neil, Norman, Jean and Robyn. It seemed a very nice club and it was interesting to share the link with the club about me previously living in Benoni and how I have returned through the GSE trip. It felt strange to do the presentation on my own as I had done the last 14 with the GSE team (I missed you guys!). I hope to keep in contact with the club and thanks again for the lovely dinner and for letting me join your meeting.

Presented with the Benoni Van Ryn banner

Wonderful pudding! Sorry team this is what you missed out on!!

A blog from Bob

So, I had just sorted my packing case and hand luggage fine, when the District Governor presented me with a conch shell weighing over 5 kilos, whoops!!

Anyway, a lovely gesture and our final DISCON 9210 dinner last night was excellent, good food and wine, entertainment of power cuts and faulty microphones, which kept the speeches short. Had problems prising the team away from their friends, hosts and the American GSE team but in the end we got away by midnight, not without a few tears, back to our hosts and packing. It will take all of us a few weeks to assimilate what we have seen and done! We have scheduled a meeting to review what we have learned and some potential rotary community projects that the district may want to take up.

My last blog (maybe) but final words; it has been a privilege to lead such a great team of young professionals through 3 African countries.

Signing off

Dad!

The end of an epic adventure

By Adele

So, today is our last day together on the GSE trip and what a trip it has been. As a team we have travelled through 3 different countries, covered around 25,000km, visited at least 25 Rotary clubs, and delivered 14 presentations. Culturally, we have really been spoiled; we’ve seen one of the seven wonders of the world (the Victoria Falls), flown in a 30-seater airplane, swam in Lake Nyasa, learned traditional African dancing, been on several safaris, sampled the local nightlife and gone 270m underground in a copper mine. All of the team have been fairly adventurous when it comes to trying the local delicacies; our meals have included antelope, crocodile, caterpillars, cow’s hooves, gigantic mutant prawns, chicken’s feet and of course nshima!!

It has been incredible fun, but we have also learned a lot. Vocationally, we have all had the opportunity to see how our jobs work in another culture. I have been amazed by the resourcefulness and sheer passion on the African people. Despite limited resources and funding they have managed to set up some amazing projects and do some incredible work in the local community. It was been great to see the role of Rotary in supporting the community also; the work that they do is so varied, ranging from solar water pumps to cleaning rivers to supporting the disabled and many more wonderful projects. I have been inspired to do more to help my local community and to see what we can do with all the resources that we have to support the amazing work over here.

We are all packed up now and heading off to have breakfast on the beach before we embark on our various journeys back to the UK. Bob, Kate and Seb will fly back to the UK today; Alice is off to visit family in Johannesburg and is Adele is heading to Worcester near Cape Town to visit friends. Although we are heading separate ways I know this is not goodbye for this team, we have formed amazing friendships between us and they have become like family to me. I am so thankful for this once in a lifetime opportunity; I have made some great contacts and even better friends and I know I will never forget this experience. So, a huge thank you to everyone that has been a part of this big adventure…we will keep you posted!!!!

Evening! Just a very quick one....... we said our byes at the final evening of the conference this evening (we had gigantic tiger prawns!) it felt very sad to be leaving, it was great to meet the other GSE team from D5240 in Calafornia that were in Zimbabwe, Frank (team leader), Sarah, John Big and John Small!

Thank you, thank you, thank you for everyone who has helped us along the way, and Rotary as a whole. Definitely recommend GSE!!!

We fly out of Beira at 1.30pm, Kate, Bob and Seb head back to the UK and I will be in S.A for about 2 weeks visiting where I use to live, and also meeting the Benoni Van Ryn Rotary club! Adele is off to Cape Town for about 10 days, going back to where she worked with YWAM (Youth With A Mission).

It has been a fantastic, incredible journey, more blogs and pics to come...

Beira

Our last evening in Beira, what an incredible journey! Thank you to all who made it possible