Friday Night

Friday night was spent in the company of a BBC man, Jimmy Innes. Top bloke, originally from Aberdeen and brought up in Norwich. He's been living here in Tz for 10 years or so. He met his wife here and is soon to be moving to London to be with his wife Lily and his 14month old daughter Daisy. We met at the Double Tree Hilton which has a great view over the Indian Ocean. Jimmy's helping me with some TV & Radio contacts whilst I am here. As in most industries and in most cities, its not just what you know, its who you know and whilst we were at Hilton he said hello to a very famous singer and her manager husband and we discussed at length the departure of Bhoke from the BB House. BB here is just as it is in the UK, even the Marcus v/o guy is replicated here!

Great evening spent with Jimmy discussing his engagement, his payment for his wife, his machenga
and life here. His honeymoon lasted 3 days in the Cotswolds, his wife cost him $400 and he's over the moon to be a dad to little Daisy, he left us at 8pm to go and skype them. G and I then went for pizza at The Waterfront, sat at my usual table and had a disagreement about how illness is handled by companies here in Tz. We agreed to disagree. I reckon if you are out here on a job ( I am not ) and you're taking a risk with health & personal security, then your employer should be helping you with local contacts and protecting all staff ( and the company ) from unnecessary stress & worry. I' out here on my own back and it is a bit worrying to hear of TB and malaria outbreaks!!