More light posting excuses...

For the first time in a while, I have a semi-reliable internet connection: I'm on a research trip for work that's taking me to DRC, Liberia and Cote d'Ivoire. There was no almost no way to connect for more than a couple minutes in the DRC. Also, don't get me started on the electricity in Kinshasa. I was staying at one of the two supposedly always on hotels...very funny, the power went off all the time, as it did at MONUC HQ, making for ideal work conditions.

Anyway, stories from all these places to come on my return and thanks to Gulliver and Gunslinger for keeping things going!