I returned last Tuesday evening to Chad after just over two weeks in the UK. It was a bit of a whirlwind trip, which didn't give much time for blogging or any other form of social networking.
I spent four days travelling (either by plane to and from the UK or by car from the north to the south of England), nine days in Carlisle, three days with my mother and five days in meetings. I slept in four different beds, went to the hairdresser, the dentist and the optician, enjoyed meeting up with friends and reconnecting with my church and did a lot of shopping for things to bring back to Chad.
On Tuesday morning I was in Cumbria scrapping ice off the car before heading to the airport. On Tuesday evening I was standing in the crowded arrivals area of N'Djamena airport sweating profusely as I waited in line to get through immigration. The relative coolness that the rains brought during August and into September have been replaced by daytime temperatures around 40C and high humidity. Even the Chadians are saying it is hot and it is quite a contrast to the autumnal weather of the UK.
Since getting back I have been catching up with my colleagues; finding out what has been happening whilst I was away, trying to get on top of the backlog of work and attempting to remember the French I had learnt. Thankfully it has not all been forgotten but communicating with the Chadians remains my biggest challenge. C'est la vie!
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