Off again

This last week I have been back in Abidjan sorting out some of the technical issues and also sorting out ADSL into the office. It’s not running yet, but hopefully it will on Tuesday. Cost-wise alone this will be a major saving, although from what I’ve noticed, the speed of the internet access is often slower than expect even on dial-up. Not sure what CI’s connection is to the outside world, but it won’t be as quick as Europe, Korea or the US. However on Wednesday I’m going back up to Danan? this time I’ll be based up there, so the only access I’ll get to the ADSL connection will be every 6 weeks or so when I come down for R&R. This means that all my internet access will be by satellite phone, once per day, with a 55kb size limit on each email and only via a shared account. If I have anything for the blog I’ll get Marcus to post it... but I won’t be able to read any comments, nor anyone else’s blogs So please email me (I’ll provide the address via the mailing list - if you don’t get it ask around... I’m hoping that there will be a steady trickle of newsy emails coming in to keep me sane! Also note that unless zipped, messages can easily be read by other people sharing the same account (about 5 people at the moment!). Putting my name in the subject line will be a good idea too.