Well, Grumpy & Scar have escaped:Lion News: Lion cubs saved from Somalia wildlife smugglers - GlobalPostQuote:
Originally Posted by BBC
They've been flown down to South Africa to be cared for in a Game Farm....and I'm still here!
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Well, Grumpy & Scar have escaped:Lion News: Lion cubs saved from Somalia wildlife smugglers - GlobalPostQuote:
Originally Posted by BBC
They've been flown down to South Africa to be cared for in a Game Farm....and I'm still here!
Been answering a raft of overnight e-mails that came seeking assurance that I was not tangled up in the blast that attacked the Ministry of Health yesterday.
We heard the 'Whooomp!'...got up onto a roof and could see the dust cloud. It was about 3k's away and on one of the routes we use to move on.
Then, we had to assist with setting up an increased triage area down at the AMISOM hospital and the airport...it was a busy day.
Hopefully, such inhumane acts will decidely set the Somali people up against Al Shabaab and get them what they deserve, a right bollocking....time will tell.
mention of what I assume was that incident came up on ABC news - wondered how you were ...
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2011-10-0...apital/3209214
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2011-10-0...astjpg/3246612
......... extremists have no consideration for other human beings or consequences on them
For those who might be interested, I have found the media reports on here about the situation in Mogadishu and Somalia, to be very factual and within context:
Somalia | Al Shabaab extremists | Al Qaeda
Had to g down to the Uruba Hotel this AM to assess what is and what needs to be there. We can only imagine what must have been with what, historically, was a prestigious hotel overlooking an ancient harbour:
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/im...11/10/1087.jpg
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/im...11/10/1088.jpg
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/im...11/10/1089.jpg
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/im...11/10/1090.jpg
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/im...11/10/1091.jpg
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/im...11/10/1092.jpg
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/im...11/10/1093.jpg
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/im...11/10/1094.jpg
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/im...11/10/1095.jpg
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/im...11/10/1078.jpg
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/im...11/10/1096.jpg
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/im...11/10/1097.jpg
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/im...11/10/1098.jpg
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/im...11/10/1099.jpg
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/im...11/10/1100.jpg
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/im...11/10/1101.jpg
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/im...11/10/1102.jpg
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/im...11/10/1103.jpg
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/im...11/10/1104.jpg
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/im...11/10/1105.jpg
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/im...11/10/1106.jpg
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/im...11/10/1107.jpg
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/im...11/10/1108.jpg
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/im...11/10/1109.jpg
Some evidence of what was here in the 90s:
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/im...11/10/1110.jpg
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/im...11/10/1111.jpg
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/im...11/10/1112.jpg
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/im...11/10/1113.jpg
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/im...11/10/1114.jpg
Waddya reckon..due for a reno?
Hi BBC
It must have been a lovely place years ago, looks like a ghost town now,
that hotel is only a form without any substance.
I am living not far from where some of the Asylum seekers are housed in Brighton, Tasmania. ( I think its about 400 and mostly men )
With this in mind I tend to watch news reports and postings like yours to get an understanding of what problems has brought these people here.
Thank you for keeping us informed.
Cheers Arthur
woud be interested to see what it looked like before :( , am enjoying reading reading of your job and locality., keep safe over there. :)
Good point lads...these shots were credited to be from the 80s:
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/im...11/10/1085.jpg
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/im...11/10/1079.jpg
better get down and buy myself a piece of beachfront!! Believe me, that is not hard to do. Need to be a citizen, though that ain't hard ....you can buy a passport for $150.
Hi BBC
I have posted these two photo's again, it does show the winds of time.
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/im...11/10/1078.jpg
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/im...11/10/1079.jpg
In the horizon, on the right hand side is a tower or spire,
It appears to be unscathed, was the damage confined only to the waterfront area?
Cheers Arthur
We could be forgiven for thinking there is no end in sight. How is Kenya effected , with the refugee problem? Are they going to be able to cope with what looks like a massive social upheaval? Don't hear much about that here. Bob